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So apparently I didn’t knock on wood after that last post because I came home from our trip to the beach with quite the intestinal infection thing. It was not pleasant, but antibiotics work quickly and everything’s back to normal. As far as I know, I didn’t make any mistakes with food, I probably just got some fish that wasn’t super fresh or something.
Anyway, the Pacific Ocean is pretty great. I’d never been in it and we had a really great experience. It was cloudy off and on all weekend, but that was fine because when the sun comes out down here, you know it! They took us to a couple really beautiful resort-type beaches, hired boats to cruise us around and pull us around in big tubes (my arms are still sore) and found some really delicious coastal food for us (lots of fish and shrimp). The resort we stayed at was nice, we had a pool even though we didn’t really use it, and the lodgings were comfortable.
It’s really humid at the coast and even on the cloudy days I’d say it was 85 degrees at least. It was certainly warm enough to walk around in just a swim suit all day and be comfortable. The water was super warm, which is nice since Lake Michigan never quite gets warm enough for me. The salt water is kind of gross, you can definitely taste it, but it wasn’t bad enough to keep me out of the water.
On the drive home, we stopped at a place called Mindo, which is in the mountains, but not as high as Quito. It’s kind of a cloud forest thing with really lush plants and lots of birds. We had lunch there, but in a few weeks, I think a small group of us is going to go back to Mindo for a weekend for river rafting, zip-lining, and other forest things. After seeing it for an hour or so, I’m excited to go back.
In other news, hopefully tomorrow we’re going to the soccer (futbol) game. It’s the beginning of the world cup, Ecuador barely squeaked in, and they’re playing Argentina, I think. Our travel agent was going to be getting us tickets, but we still haven’t found out for sure because he, like everyone else here, thinks in South American time, which is to say they all just think that everything will fall into place at some point. We’re still stuck in US time, which means we would really like to nail down a plan. Either way, I hope it works out for us, it’s going to be really exciting. I’ll try my best not to get crushed in a riot.
Anyway, good night all. I miss you and I’m thinking about you all and wishing you could experience a little bit of the magic here in the mountains.
Sounds very cool. Being sick is no fun. Warm water is a definite plus. The East Sea is still too cold for me, but I’m a giant wuss. Hope all is well. I’ve got a long email with directions for posting pictures almost finished. Just have to wrap it up and tweak some things on the server. Hopefully I’ll get that out tonight.
Sounds really neat, but I’m hoping that Mike gets you squared away on the picture posting because I want some visuals. It’s way too cold here to do any swimming. We are still hunkering under afghans every night. We don’t think we’ll ever see warm weather this summer. Or maybe that one day in the mid 70’s was it and now we’re into fall.
I’m working on it. I need to sort out some issues on my webserver, then we’ll be in business. Should be resolved by tomorrow afternoon, my time.
Sounds like you’re having a great time. I remember my time in the Andes…..oh, so many years ago. And your description of South American time is so true!! Keep the pictures coming.
Take care.