Monday Apr 2/12 update
Waking up to no internet service at all did not improve my
mood, but I decided to allow Etapa until noon to respond to my prior
emails. I was actually pleased that I
received a call from Etapa before 9am confirming that they had received my
emails about our upload problem. We made
arrangements that they would stop by in the morning within the next 48
hours. Naturally
they called at 1pm as I was on my way to Monay Mall. They showed up within 20 minutes and they
tested different modems without success.
Finally they made some offsite adjustment and everything seems to be
operating normally. The upload speed
has soared from .05 to .83Mbps so it is a huge improvement. It was no fun taking 14 hours to upload a
few simple YouTube videos. I have just
tested Skype and NetTalk and they seem to be operating much, much better too.
Bella kept trying to get a pedicure today, she went out
three times but it didn’t happen.
That was today’s excitement.
Hugs to all.
Tuesday April 3/12 update
Bella was off to the book and DVD Exchange, then for more
groceries as she is determined to make pickled tomatoes today.
I slipped out for a real haircut and to drop off a small
gift to the builder of our house, Jorge Beltran. He is always showing folks our door stopper
that attaches to the hinge. I found some
for a whole 20c each at Kywi so I got him a few. His son, Matteo, was home to accept it.
I then continued walking to the old neighborhood to by
little indigenous lady barber who always give a good trim that takes about ½
hour for a whole $2.
On the way back I took a few shots along the Tomebamba. This is two day in a row I have seen people
fishing but I haven’t seen them catch anything yet. If I remember my fly fishing class, you have
to cast into dark, deep water, and that is not easy to find in this shallow
river.
They allow people to run car washes on the riverbank by
piping water out of the river. The car
washes are always busy, but I have no idea what they charge.
Enjoy the pics.
That was today’s excitement. Hugs
to all.
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| 120402 Fisherman yesterday |
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| 120403 Car Wash on the river |
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| 120403 Fishermen today |
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| 120403 Kitty with pepper, yummy |
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| 120403 Rio Tomebamba 1 |
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| 120403 Rio Tomebamba 2 |
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| 120403 Rio Tomebamba 3, notice the wild branches |
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| 120403 Rio Tomebamba 4 |
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| 120403 Rio Tomebamba 5 |
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