This is a New Town, Gringolandia, Mariscal District, Spiral Mall (there are a lot of names for this trendy-cafe-filled part of town). The sun pours down from the glass ceiling as you walk up the slanted pathway and past all the shops. There are also stairs, or an elevator for those who would like to start at the top.
The malls are over priced. Which means, that non-name brand things are sold at American prices. Name brand items are marked up -- we assume this is because of importing costs.
Camisetas (the text in the above-right photo) translates to 'shirts' (or rather: specific types of shirts). So apparently this funny half-woman is pasted outside this shop to demonstrate the wears.
As for the mannequins, there are a lot of hilarious mannequins here (Please note male-mannequins' tongue protruding from his face). The bubble butted plastic figures selling blue jeans are quite common... as that body shape is the norm regionally. Additionally, some shops have blow up butts that they display swimsuits on. We giggle like adolescents regularly.
In this particular mall, there were a lot of video game filled stores. We assume that this is a result of most Ecuadorians being unable to afford their own video game systems. Wages are lower here, and electronics are exponentially more expensive compared to The States as well. Almost all of the arcades were full of school kids, all playing soccer games.
