While I spent a few days supervising a staff of affable, hard-working Ecuadorians, Linda and De Anne had an interesting trip to Cuenua (quink ah).
The 2 kittens were together in a carrier for the first 100 yards of the trip. After breaking up the cat fight De Anne held the kitten for the rest of the 8 hour trip.
De Anne loved Cuenua. Clean, drinkable tap water, cobblestone streets, and sophisticated locals who look down on the coastal Ecuadorians as crude and uneducated. De Anne says it looks like a whole different country up in the Andes.
I have heard stories from several expats about Linda's good luck. It was in effect on the trip back. On mountain roads the car overheated. De Anne said they were out in the wilderness on narrow winding roads with not even a place to pull over for miles at a time.
When the car started spewing steam they just happened to be at a pull off spot. To compound the good luck a fire truck was parked there too. Adding to the luck there was an english-speaking Frenchman training the firemen about how to use the truck. After help from the Fire truck mechanic who just happened to be there also, they were ready to travel again. From that point on it was downhill the rest of the way and they made it back to the beach late but without further crisis.
De Anne has now made a deal with Bonnie, an expat resident of Cuenua, that in return for feeding her cat (at least a 2 minute job every day) we can use her condo from Dec. 3rd until our return Dec. 9th while she is in America. So we will spend our last days in Ecuador in the Andes.
Picture of Cuenua stolen from Michigan Tech:
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