False Alarm

Sorry to have panicked you, it turned out to be a false alarm about the tortilla prices going up. The story goes that that day the woman who sells tortillas door-to-door in Flores charged more than usual because she'd bought the dough pre-made instead of making it herself starting from corn kernels. The next day's prices were back to normal. But it highlights the fact that there is no place to buy freshly made tortillas in Flores. People have to go across the bridge to Santa Elena or buy from the one woman who goes door-to-door in Flores. There are no poor people in Flores, so no one to make tortillas. More on that at a later date.