Thursday October 25/12 update #265
I woke up at 3am but forced myself to doze until 8:30. It sure makes a difference when a person gets
the proper rest.
I am enjoying the return of the water so much, even with the
bonus of additional pressure, that I had another shower until the gas ran
out. It is a good thing that we always
have an extra full tank on hand.
I hurriedly went through my chores and was dismayed that my
efforts to set up a photography tour to Ona for Monday were for naught. JD’s has let us down again. Oh well, we will try again soon.
Today I headed to the Solano area, first to see a
photography display at a Metals
Museum
Unfortunately, my second item of business was to volunteer
to sell Christmas Gala tickets at the Hearts Of Gold office across from
Edificio La Fragata (where my Spanish teacher Christine, Bella’s bridge partner
Yoshi, and H.O.G.’s Melinda all live).
My shift is from 2pm to 5:30 but they let me in early. Emilie showed up at 2:20 and had to leave so
I waited for Melinda who showed up around 2:40. She showed me the ropes while she was waiting
for three young English-speaking Ecuadorian volunteers for a 2:30
appointment. These young ladies, one of
whom who spoke flawless English because she lived in the USA until age
13, finally showed up at 4:30 claiming to have gotten lost. These kind of volunteers are priceless so we
discussed many ways of getting them, and their school, involved.
The day was very slow otherwise for me. I only sold 2 entrance tickets, and 1 raffle
ticket, all to myself… I am now
contracted to return tomorrow morning and Monday afternoon.
Then I walked all the way to Pumapungo to Big Kabuda’s for
my burger fix. Jesus and I had a good
chat. They are now open 7 days per week
starting at 5pm. Yippee! We also discussed taking trips again. He said he had checked Cosmos tours and will
most likely take one of their tours. I
guess his wife has had 2 bouts with cancer so they know how precious their time
is. His wife actually looks better than
I’ve ever seen her.
My next stop was to go to a university alumni concert at the
Banco Central Auditorium for 8pm. I was way
early at 7pm but I suspected something was odd when there was a lineup starting
and they had a box office open. Hmmm,
this was supposed to be a free concert, so I asked. They said there was no music tonight, just a
theatrical comedy concert. So off I
went again.
I was amazed when the #15 pulled up almost immediately at
the bus stop and it was filling up. I
managed to get a seat before 2 stops, which was indeed fortunate because at the
following stop the bus was jammed to the rafters. I had hoped many would get off before my home
stop but still more got on than those that got off. At my stop I didn’t even try to barge my way
out with my big backpack. I just
figured I would ride it to the top at El Valle and catch the next empty one
back.
Well, one mile up the El Valle road the bus veers off onto a
dirt road into the valley on the right!
We had taken the #15 many times during the day to El Valle and the bus
had never veered from the main road so here we were, off on another
adventure. This bus swerved and careened
on this back road then started climbing and climbing. At every stop, many people disembarked. I must have been the only one expecting a
trip on the main road…. When he reached
a point that I figured was about a block from the main road he made a quick
announcement and everyone got off, leaving this bewildered Canuck shaking his
head. I walked up and asked him how I
get back to Monay, he said to just sit down, so I did. He didn’t even want 25c for the return
trip. Nice fellow.
Hmmm, brown coloured water again tonight…..
That was today’s excitement.
Hugs to all. Please see all photos at souvenircuenca.blogspot.com
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