Just Everyday Stuff in Ecuador

Note:

OK…you just may have noticed that I’ve arbitrarily 

changed the look (once again) of my Blog. One other 

thing you may (or may not) have noticed is that I’ve 

restructured the the Blog "type lay-out" as…I’ve gotten 

wind of a couple of remarks stating that it was more 

“like a report” vs. a“story”...so I hope this is an easier 

and more enjoyable read. 

Also…I hope you all like…what you see!

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Etapa just called and informed me in broken English…

that they could not connect my Internet for me and 

[for me] to come and pick-up my deposit. When asked 

why…they could not nor would not…explain. This is 

when I called Jose and I am now going to meet him at 

Etapa and try to get to the bottom of this!

Well the result of my (too late for Etapa) meeting with 

Jose re: this debacle was this…Being that he [Jose] will 

be out of town…until sometime in the middle of next 

week…I just need to cool my heels a bit longer. This said 

my next step would be getting my refund from Etapa and 

then meeting with an hombre from something called 

“Punta-net”…which according to Jose is “in all likely-

hood” better and less expensive than Etapa…and also 

with better speed.

This mi amigo’s remains to be seen. 

Anyway…realistically I’m probably looking at an 

Internet connection hopefully in the “very” beginning 

of Deciembre (December).

Today [Saturday] is (and I can only call it this) “prep-

day”as in getting ready for manana where everyone in 

Ecuador are “shut-ins”…as this is do to the forthcoming

Census taking exercise! 

Actually…

(Remember EVERYTHING is CLOSED MANANA)…

I’m in pretty good shape as I went food shopping 

yesterday… went to the ATM this morning and just got 

back from the DVD store where I stocked up on three (3) 

movies at a buck apiece. That along with my Kindle and 

some planned cooking…I guessing I’ll make it through 

the next 12 hours A-OK!. Now if I had Internet…

well one can always dream…can’t one?

As for the rest of today…

at 2 p.m. there is a live performance by an American 

guitarist…at Kookaburra Café here in town that many 

expats are supposedly going too. Unfortunately… as it 

turned out…not many people came and they were lucky…

as the performance wasn’t very entertaining.  I did 

however get to meet a couple that are “soon-to-be” 

Expat Cuencano’s. So…the hour wasn’t a complete loss!

Anyway…after the debacle of Kookaburra (and keeping 

in mind the “shut-in” stuff for manana)…I stopped off at 

Raymipampa Restaurant for an early dinner and also took 

half home in a doggy-bag…for tomorrows “adventure” 

in mi apartemente! 

Well Sunday as in the day of the Census has arrived and 

my day of “State Imposed Shut-in”…has started. I look 

at this semi-imprisonment as a way to do some house-

keeping and just chillin’. Realistically…that’s all anyone 

can do. BTW…whether the Census taker comes early…

late…or not at all…is of no consequence…as the official 

ruling stands firm…i.e. one cannot leave their homes 

until 5 or 5:30 p.m. (nobody seems exactly sure as to...

the end time).

Before I forget…and this has nothing what-so-ever to 

do with all this official stuff…I feel I must answer my 

friend Don’s e-mail.

Note:

Under normal circumstance I would never address a 

personal e-mail in this Blog. However…the content 

may be of interest to others also. This is do to the fact 

that…I feel this response should be “timely” and also 

that (as you \now know) my wi-fi connection is hit ‘n 

miss! But first I need to back up a bit.

After…getting up early[ish] this Sunday morning…as 

usual I went to check my Internet (i.e. E-mail). Well I 

almost could not believe what I was seeing. This was…I 

not only had some mail (which is nothing unusual) but…

that I had [working] Internet (wi-fi)…which (not only 

active) was a lot stronger than normal).

Anyway…getting back to Don.

Don had commented in his last e-mail to me…about my 

latest Blog and how he couldn’t understand how…

I accomplish this [blog] with so very infrequent Internet 

connections. Well Don (and anyone else who might be 

wondering)…it’s really quite simple. You see…all my 

“raw” Blogging is done off-line in “Microsoft Word”. 

Once complete and corrections made…I then “cut & paste” 

the “almost” finished Blog to my Blog website.

You’ll notice that I mentioned “almost” a moment ago. 

The reason for this…is simple. Even though I proofread 

the content…I still have to re-align my “new” Blog entry 

to fit the base parameters and…also too make some “last 

minute” corrections during my final read.

So…as you can see…not so simple after all. 

Anyway…Don…

I hope that this answered your question!

Getting back to the Census...

They (the Census takers) were in-fact a…No Show. This 

at least (as far as I was concerned) was what I experienced. 

As for anyone else that I spoke to…they all had a Census 

taker at their door.

Do I care? Not really and this "not showing" of course does 

“not” surprise me in the least!

So…that’s it for now mi aqmigos y amigas. 

Once again I hope you like the new look and the new blog 

commentary structure :)

Ciao for Now