Saturday December 22, 2012

Saturday December 22/12  update #321

I was up ridiculously early to finish off the photos from yesterday and to get the Blogs published.   I also had to send a note to Daimler expressing our deep disappointment in the quality of the guides that were provided, especially for yesterday.  I don’t think I will be doing any more photography tours for a while as a result.  While not everyone was upset, because there truly are some wonderful, supportive photographers in our nucleus, it is a fact that it creates doubt in everyone’s mind, including mine, when things do not go as advertised.

I tried to rest in the afternoon again but an oncoming cold is making me stuffed up and unable to sleep.

So off we went to Joe’s Secret Garden for a “New Age” supper to celebrate that our planet did not blow up as the doomsday prophets had foretold.  

The supper tonight was special because it was also the night for the Herats Of Gold raffle draw being held there.  The founder of hearts Of Gold, Richard Verkley of Calgary, did the honours of announcing the winners.  Many of our friends won one or more prizes, with the big prize going to Teresa Durrant.

See the video of the draw on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/mbeb22VrO6Y

We met many more nice newbies to Ecuador tonight as the influx of expats continues.

That was today’s excitement.   Hugs to all.   Please see all photos at http://souvenircuenca.blogspot.com/