tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14911008114671568822024-03-19T19:13:13.387-04:00Bob and Di's Retirement AdventureBob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-15163889574819967412010-10-16T18:41:00.000-04:002010-10-16T18:41:20.500-04:00What a week!!!!Time to get caught up. This is a collection of five days worth of posts. It has been a busy week with little time or energy left for doing the blog. Here we go.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Got our new bed</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Monday, October 11</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This morning we went to the police station in a taxi so Di could file her complaint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The person we needed to see was not there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took a taxi to Sukasa at Mall Los Americas.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">While at Sukasa we bought a kitchen knife set, every kitchen utensil imaginable, a dish drainer, drinking glasses and we checked sizes and prices for bedding and appliances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juan called and said he would pick us up at the condo at <time hour="13" minute="0">1 PM</time>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Went to the condo by taxi and put things away while we waited for Juan.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Juan picked us up and took us back to the police station to see if we could do this report Di needed to do and still no go, they told us they needed more paperwork from the court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juan took us to Almacen De Plasticos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is, along with many other things, a bedding store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went there to buy a box spring and mattress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As is normal, it was not open because it was lunch and family time and would not be opened till <time hour="15" minute="0">3PM</time>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Welcome to <place>South America</place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided since all of us were hungry we would take Juan to lunch at a place he wanted to introduced to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to Grill Camperam at Av Doce De Octubre near the Rio Yanuncay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Di and I had the best pork ribs we had ever had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juan had chicken soup that I could swear had chicken feet floating around in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had a chicken dinner that looked very good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We fed all three of us including drinks for $17 and I had to bring half of my ribs home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t eat it all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went back to the bedding store and bought our bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cost for a pillow top firm mattress and box spring was a bit less than we would have expected to pay in the states.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Juan brought us back to the condo and dropped us off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bed was delivered within an hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We set it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we went back to Ortorongo apartments and crashed for the evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And so ends another day in our adventure.</div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Appliances and the Internet</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Tuesday, October 12</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We went to Mall del <place>Rio</place> by bus and bought our bedding for the new bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We bought a set of sheets, blanket, two pillows and a comforter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took a taxi back to the new condo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we made the bed the comforter was too small.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to deal with it later since Juan was picking us up to go buy appliances.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Juan picked us up at <time hour="13" minute="0">1 PM</time> at the condo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to Supermaxi at El Vergel to get our Supermaxi discount card because the Supermaxi card would save us hundreds of dollars on our appliance purchases at Sukasa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without Juan we could have never filled out the paperwork necessary to get this card in a timely manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we went to Sukasa and bought a GE side by side refrigerator with ice maker, a Mabe gas range with all the bells and whistles including an in oven rotisserie and a center burner with griddle and we bought a Frigidaire gas laundry center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The prices were right at what they would be in the <country-region><place>U.S.</place></country-region><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We could have bought much cheaper and smaller appliances but I guess we just haven’t gotten rid of that <country-region><place>U.S.</place></country-region> entitlement mentality yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wanted the best we could put into the space we had and Di had a plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The delivery was set for Thursday.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Juan then took us to PuntONet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There we signed up for and paid in advance our internet service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got 1,100 kbps service for about $39 per month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to install it and that is scheduled for Saturday or Monday depending on how much “posible manana” time is thrown in.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Juan dropped us off at our Ortorongo apartment and we crashed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And so ended another day in our adventure.</div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Floors and more floors</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Wednesday, October 13</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We went to Mall del <place>Rio</place> to buy groceries and exchange the comforter that was too small for our bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also had to buy more cleaning supplies especially for the floors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While we were there I bought a y-fitting to put on the washer cold water faucet so that we could hook up the refrigerator ice maker and the washer cold water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took a taxi back to our Ortorango apartment.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Di was so wore out when we got back that she decided to take a siesta.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">While she slept I walked over to the condo with the new comforter and the y-adapter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made the bed and the new comforter fit perfect.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Now it was time to do the floors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I waxed the hall floor and while it dried I put the first coat of wax on the kitchen tile floors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once everything was dry I waxed all the floors in the condo for the second time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During all this I determined that we had approximately 3,000 sq feet of floors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No wonder I was so tired.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I went back to our Ortorongo apartment and crashed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And so ended another day in our adventure.</div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Appliance delivery</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Thursday, October 14</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Juan called us in the morning and told us that the appliances would be delivered at <time hour="10" minute="0">10AM</time>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to the condo about <time hour="9" minute="30">9:30</time>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a zoo that turned out to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juan sent his wife and a young neighbor to help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juan was busy with another customer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If not for Juan’s wife and neighbor we still would not have appliances delivered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sukasa sent two delivery men who managed to get the refrigerator up five flights of stairs with a lot of help from Juan’s wife and neighbor and the building guard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That in itself was a monster task.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The refrigerator would not fit in the elevator and the delivery people had no idea how to follow instructions on the proper removal of the doors so that it would fit in the elevator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t speak the language so I was no help at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To make things even worse the elevator was broke and was being repaired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was down for two hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the Sukasa delivery men simply dropped the laundry center and stove in the lobby and disappeared after they got the refrigerator up the stairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the elevator was working again, Juan’s wife and the neighbor brought them up in the elevator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We unboxed everything and put them in place.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Now the big problem was to get them hooked up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want the warranty to be good you have to have them hooked up by a “professional technician”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We thought that Sukasa would hook them up when they were delivered but obviously not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we discover that we have to pay a contractor supplied by Sukasa to hook them up and we have to pay for any materials that will be required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I researched the dryer and found out that it takes an LP gas converter kit to use it on LP gas here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a pain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sure hope that the installers know that but I doubt it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Di made a major decision to change the position of the laundry center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be more difficult to plumb but the location is so much better than I had planned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was going to do it myself but I had no tools.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I went to Mall Del Rio and bought tools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juan called me and he picked me up at the mall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He and I came back here to discuss the need for Sukasa to get back here asap to get these appliances hooked up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided it wasn’t a good idea for me to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So much for needing the new tools I bought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well maybe I will use them sometime later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juan called Sukasa and made the arrangements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe by Monday if we are lucky we will get them hooked up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are in the “posible manana” mode again.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Juan dropped me back at our Ortorongo apartment and I crashed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And so ended another day in our adventure.</div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Catch up on the Blog</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><date day="15" month="10" year="2010">Friday, October 15, 2010</date></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We went to the condo this morning for nothing but being here because of the view and the condo is warmer and less damp than the apartment at Ortorongo and it is home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent some time planning for the future furniture in the great room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spent most of my time typing in the computer to get caught up on the blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That way when we went back to our Ortorongo apartment I could jump on the internet and post the new blog entries.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We went back to Ortorongo and I posted a couple of blog entries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we decided to go to dinner at California Kitchen for their weekend special.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>George, Carol, Jim and Susie outdid themselves again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I repeat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was their advertisement sent out by e-mail.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #002060; font-size: x-large;">SURF & TURF </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;">- SHRIMP SCAMPI & MEDALLIONS OF BEEF (Lomo Fino) WITH A <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287266779_4">BERNAISE SAUCE</span>. WHIPPED GARLIC POTATOES & SPINACH GRATIN. CHOICE OF A CUP OF SOUP (Fresh <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287266779_5" style="border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;">Green Pea Soup</span> - "<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287266779_6">VEGETARIAN</span>") OR A DINNER SALAD (Homemade Roquefort Dressing Available). CHOICE OF DESSERT (NY <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287266779_7">Cheesecake</span>, </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287266779_8" style="background-color: #dceeff; border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; color: black; cursor: hand;">Chocolate Mousse</span><span style="color: red;"> Walnut Pie, Mora Cobbler a la mode, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287266779_9">Apple</span> Cobbler a la mode). CHOICE OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FOR </span></span><span style="color: #002060; font-size: medium;">$9.95</span></strong><span style="color: #002060; font-size: medium;"> </span><br />
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This is a great description of what they served and it got our attention. The only problem with this e-mail is it didn't do the actual dining experience any favors. The food was ten times better than the description. This is five star restaurant food and those in Cuenca who missed it missed a good one.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We got George to take these photos.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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And so ends another day in our adventure.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div>Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-18849382274893559552010-10-16T00:02:00.013-04:002010-10-16T17:43:01.955-04:00Cleaning up the new condo<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Sunday, October 10</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We tried to take it easy today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked to the condo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the way to the condo we took a couple of photos of the outside of our building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Then we went to Mall del <place>Rio</place> on the bus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We window shopped for everything we knew we needed for our new home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We bought supplies for cleaning the floors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We bought a new pot and pan set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learned one thing for certain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never ever go shopping on the weekends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a zoo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone shops on the weekends there. Took forever to get checked out.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We came back to the condo and I waxed all but the hall floor and the kitchen floor while Di took a hot shower. After I waxed the floors I had to clean out the mop head as you see in the next two photos. We have a scrub sink in the kitchen/laundry area. It is neat and very handy for the task I am doing.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We got all done with what we intended to do that day and we went back to the Ortorongo apartment and crashed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So ended another day in our adventure.</div>Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-83852364492612375412010-10-15T23:38:00.001-04:002010-10-16T00:50:33.449-04:00The view from our new home.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Saturday, October 9</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We went over to the new condo early.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took pictures out the windows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a beautiful view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started taking photos at the #2 bedroom window and panned left to right for four photos which is our <place>westerly</place> view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I skipped the master bedroom because it is the same view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I skipped the #3 bedroom northerly view and the kitchen northerly view and took the northerly view from the dining room window, four photos panning from left to right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I went to the great room bay window and took five photos panning left to right of the easterly view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided not to take photos of inside the condo until the floors were cleaned and waxed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will just have to wait.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The first four westerly view photos are from master bedroom and are the same from bedroom two panning left to right.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The second four are northerly view photos from the dining room window, the bedroom #3 window and the kitchen window are the same, panning left to right.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When we got back to the Ortorango apartment Di took a siesta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wore her out again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went off by bus to the center of colonial Cuenca to get extra sets of keys made for the condo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juan told me of a place that could make these special keys that they use in our condo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I walked forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I called Juan and he steered me straight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finally found the place and lo and behold it was closed for siesta!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I walked around until I found a great restaurant across from the Parque de Calderon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The food was excellent.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went back to the lock smith shop and got there just as he was closing up again!?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I talked him into opening back up and making my keys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t need Spanish for this one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He saw the keys and at $10 each for the special door key times two, he jumped at it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took the bus back to Ortorango apartments and took a nap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I had walked 20 to 30 blocks and </span>I was beat.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Later that afternoon Di and I took a taxi to Mall del <place>Rio</place> and bought dishes and silverware.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went back to condo and dropped them off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked back to Ortorongo and crashed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And so ended another busy day in our retirement adventure.</div>Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-46053508056617600072010-10-15T18:40:00.000-04:002010-10-15T18:40:37.559-04:00Mugged, travelers checks and our new home!!!! What a day!!!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Friday, October 8</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We took a bus early to Calle Larga to shop for furniture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a long street on the south edge of the colonial city running well above and parallel with the Rio Tomebamba.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were out just to window shop for furniture as we had seen many furniture stores there when passing in earlier bus rides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also had seen hat shops with <country-region><place>Panama</place></country-region> hats being made and there was a barber shop there and I needed a haircut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the end of our walk after about an hour and a half we decided we need refreshment and we were almost to Kookaburra Cafe which we had been too in the past and we liked.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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Di's fireplace when we are ready to buy it.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">In broad daylight with literally dozens of people around, in front of open shops you don’t expect to get mugged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We debated for a long time just how much we wanted to tell on our blog about this but we decided that it was information that everyone who may come here needed to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were warned to treat <city><place>Cuenca</place></city> like any other very big city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can happen here as easily as it can happen in any big city in the world.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">As we stood at the curb with Di at my right side I suddenly heard a scream that I recognized immediately as Di.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spun to my right and caught a blur out of the corner of my eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked down and Di was sitting on the ground with here hand at her chest and she said to me that someone tried to grab her necklace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had the broken chain but no medallion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked her if she was OK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A crowd began to gather around her.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I immediately identified the man who mugged Di and took off running after him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The whole time as I ran down the middle of Calle Larga I was hollering at him all of the most distasteful things I was going to do to him when I caught him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All commerce on that block of Calle Larga came to a halt including the traffic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It only took half a block down the road to realize that I was running at full speed at 8,250 feet give or take a bit and that I was at least a hundred and sixty two years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I stopped and he didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went back to Di.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say I was dejected but very happy to find Di in good hands and only a bit bruised.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We got her up and took her into Kookaburra Cafe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we were getting her settled in, someone came in and said in Spanish that the Police caught the guy down at the corner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I checked with Di and she was OK and off I went to do everything to that guy that the Police would allow including those distasteful things I was hollering in the street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I walked down the street it was obvious to everyone that this was one very mad Gringo.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I rounded the corner and there he was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was handcuffed to the back of a Police bike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A young strapping motorcycle officer had the bad guy's pockets emptied onto the bike seat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I walked up directly to the thief and shoved my finger within an inch of his face and in my best English I told him I wanted to kick his A$$ right there and then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nobody understood me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a deflating moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But they all knew that I was hot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told the officer the best I could that I saw him with my own eyes and chased him down the street.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The officer and the thief and I walked the street all the way back to the scene of the crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found the medallion on the sidewalk very close to where Di went down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I gave it to the officer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I went into Kookaburra and got the broken necklace from Di and went out and gave it to the officer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then Manuel was at my side and he spoke broken but passable English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a help he was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They loaded the thief and an officer in the back of a police truck and me and the police officer driver into the front and off to the police station we went.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They loaded Manuel into another police car and brought him to help me.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I won’t go into all the details that happened at the police station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I dealt with the prosecutor, the defense attorney that they assigned to the thief, the arresting officer who had the evidence and about four other people that were there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a big deal and I was very impressed with it all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They asked me to bring Di back down on Friday or Monday to get her statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Manuel and I left and took a taxi back to Kookaburra Cafe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There Di and I got lunch and Manuel only wanted a beer with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave us his name and his telephone number and we parted ways.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It was getting late in the day and we needed to get back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided that we would walk back down the length of Calle Larga if for no other reason than to show the people there that this was our town too and we were not going to be intimidated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked to the barber shop and I got my haircut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we walked down the steps to Avenue Doce De Abril and took a bus to Ortorongo apartments.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Di took a siesta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I took off by taxi to get travelers checks cashed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We needed cash to pay for 6 months of rent at our new home if by chance we closed the deal this afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Now here is a real adventure. </span>You can’t get travelers checks cashed at the banks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went from bank to bank by taxi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No luck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was getting worried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was running out of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our appointment was at <time hour="17" minute="0">5PM</time> and it was <time hour="15" minute="45">quarter to 4</time>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> All I could see was a missed opportunity for a beautiful apartment. </span>Then a nice bank guard gave me directions to a money exchange house downtown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another taxi ride and it was done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I had to get all that cash back to Ortorongo apartments without getting mugged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I g</span>ot a taxi immediately outside the exchange and went straight back to the apartment.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Juan picked us up just before 5PM to go to talk to owners about the new apartment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all went up to see it again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Di and I were just as impressed and told them we wanted it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We offered six months worth of rent and security up front.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Money talks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other person was still making up their mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We paid and got our receipts and keys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were in!!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juan left us there, his job well done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went up and just spent time planning what to do with enough space to raise an entire family in. These photos are all that turned out. Di had the new home excitement shakes for most of them. We will post many more photos of the condo soon.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We walked back to Ortorongo apartments just before dark and crashed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have found our new home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So ended another day in our adventure and an unbelievable day it was.</div>Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-4407668280801692542010-10-15T18:09:00.000-04:002010-10-15T18:09:35.976-04:00Apartment Hunting<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Thursday, October 7</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">As we had talked about a couple days ago an apartment nearby was found by our friends Jim and Silene and they said it was in a very nice new building<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They gave us the lead and I walked over to the apartment building a Esmeraldas y Batan and got the telephone number off of a sign on the lobby window.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a very impressive building and Jim told me that he thought the rent was about $350.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We gave Juan all the information and asked him to get an appointment to see what apartments were not rented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He got us an appointment to see the apartment that was for rent. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The next day (today) Juan picked us up at <time hour="9" minute="0">9 AM</time> at Ortorongo Apartments and took us over to look at the apartment at Esmeraldas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When we got there the guard told us it was rented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juan<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> t</span>old him we had an appointment with the owners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He told Juan the owner was in <city><place>Quito</place></city> on business and could not be there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juan told the guard to call the owner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The guard called the owner and the owner said to let us in to see it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went up and looked at the condo and fell in love with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was absolutely huge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I estimated that it was well over <metricconverter productid="2,000 square feet">2,000 square feet</metricconverter>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was three bedroom, 2 ½ bath, a very large office/computer area off the hall way, and a very large great room and a great kitchen laundry area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was on the fourth floor which is actually 5 floors off of the street because they don’t count the lobby floor as a floor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We said we were interested if the price was right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were told that it would cost $300 per month plus a $60 per month condo fee for maintenance and security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That sealed the deal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wanted it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An appointment was made to meet with the owners on Friday afternoon at <time hour="17" minute="0">5PM</time>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juan told us that typically the first one there with the money gets the apartment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were very worried that we would miss this opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juan took us back to Ortorongo apartments and we took a well deserved siesta.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We went to <state><place>California</place></state> kitchen for a 5:30 PM dinner date with Karen and Randy Kimbler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they arrived Karen looked at us a little sheepishly and asked if it was OK that they invited Clark and Brenda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She explained that she had forgotten that they were celebrating her birthday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We said that it was not a problem at all and the more the merrier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had great dinner with great new friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was another party taking place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were about 10 or 12 people at that party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a birthday party for Mike and his wife Pat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim and Silene were at that party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We met a lot of new people that night. The food was absolutely great and we highly recommend California Kitchen. Thanks Geroge, Carol, Jim and Susie for a wonderful first dinner there.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We walked a bit after dinner with the group and then decided that we were too tired to go any further and hailed a taxi and went back to Ortorongo and crashed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And so ended another day in our adventure.</div>Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-29237666100401665572010-10-08T23:35:00.001-04:002010-10-08T23:37:12.486-04:00The Mercado Feria Libre experience revisited!!!!!Like I said in the earlier " <a href="http://bobdiretire.blogspot.com/2010/10/mercado-feria-libre-experience.html"><span style="color: #993300;">The Mercado Feria Libre experience!!</span></a> " post we would revisit the Mercado and this time we would take our camera. Well it's Wednesday, October 6th and I can't say any more than these pictures can say. There is no explaining the sights, sounds, smells, and touch of this experience. I will try to put captions below most of them and leave the rest to your imagination.<br />
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After visiting the Mercado and buying about 5 pounds of potatoes for $1.50 we headed home thoroughly exhausted. We took a siesta. Like I said before, we are getting very good at siesta.<br />
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In the afternoon we struck out for Inca Lounge and Bistro to visit Mike (the owner) and watch some baseball playoff games. Unfortunately they could not get TBS so we drank a few Pilseners, had a great lunch and met a very nice couple Mike and Pat and we met Ellen. If you want to have a great time in a great atmosphere, meet great people like Mike and Pat and Ellen and eat great food then this is the place to go. We had a great time and then took a taxi back home and crashed for the night. Below is a photo of taken during our walk.<br />
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We contacted our friend and interpreter Juan and gave him the telephone numbers and the information we had on a couple of apartments and asked him to set up appointments for us to go with him to look at them.<br />
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We contacted other real estate firms and gave them our requirements for an apartment.<br />
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Both days we went out and did some window shopping for appliances and furniture.<br />
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That pretty much covered those two days of our adventure.Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-11317552340881781592010-10-04T20:46:00.000-04:002010-10-04T20:46:33.705-04:00New Laptop for DiIt Sunday, October 3rd and I took my camera on my walk again today. This time I went west on my walk. Since it was Sunday we didnt do our continental breakfast. Di made breakfast for us. Below are the photos I took on my walk.<br />
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After breakfast we went to Mall del Rio by bus to get Di a new laptop computer. We discovered that one computer is just not enough for two of us. We got her a great deal on a Gateway. Came back in a cab and Di made a great meal. Then we watched the Yankees get beat by Boston in the last game of their season and then we watched the Rays beat Kansas City to take the American League East Pennant. Now it just doesn't get any better than that. So off to bed we went early. What a great Sunday of relaxation. And so ended another day in our adventure.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Do you remember back in our previous posts we told you about sensory overload at Mercado 10 de Agosto?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, let me tell you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Mercado Feria Libre experience is at a level of ten to fifteen times that of the Mercado 10 de Agosto.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is sad is we didn’t bring the camera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We only went for a few items and we figured it would be the same as we had previously seen at Mercado 10 de Agosto.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no describing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next time we go, we will take photos. I will say that watching the guys set off the bottle rockets was fun. These aren't your USA bottle rockets. These are an inch in diameter and 6 inches long and are on sticks as big around as a pencil. They make a report that you would expect at a professional fireworks display.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We must have walked a mile inside and outside and we didn’t cover anywhere near even a twentieth of what was there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may have been even less than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is amazing is how cheap everything is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were gone for about two hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the bus ride there (50 cents), <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>buying a flower vase (39 cents), two bunches of flowers ( roses and carnations) ($2.50), potatoes ($1), carrots (30 cents), fresh shelled peas ($1.30), and fresh green beans ($1.50), lunch (we have no idea what it was but it was good) with a drink ($1.50), and a cab ride home ($2, I felt generous and I got to quit doing that).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we spent $12. Here are photos of what we bought.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">As we said lunch was almost unrecognizable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a stew concoction that they make up right there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It consisted of, as best we could tell, boiled potato, onion, pieces of unknown fish, unknown hard beans and unknown spices in an unknown broth and unknown green leafy stuff sprinkled over the top.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had us squeeze lime over it using a special lime squeezer that neither one of us had ever seen before. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was good.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The cab ride back was quick and uneventful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We put everything away and will take a siesta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are getting even better at siesta everyday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We plan to go to INCA Bar & Grill to watch college football this afternoon and if they are going to show the Florida Alabama game then we will likely be very late getting home. Till then I worked on the blog.<br />
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We took a bus to INCA Bar and Grill at about 4 PM and found out they didn't get any of the college football games but our day was saved when they put on baseball. We watched some of the Phillies and Braves game until the Rays game came on. We watched the Rays game till the end. We had a great meal and lots of Pilsener. This is our second time there and we have to say that of all the places we have eaten so far the food here has been the best. The atmosphere is like being at home rather than being in a bar and grill. The area we like has sofas and chairs and face two flat sceen TVs which always have something on good. Everyone there is great and we really like Mike the owner. When the game ended Mike called us a taxi and we went home and to bed. So ended another day in our adventure.</div>Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-57786571120719844862010-10-01T20:40:00.001-04:002010-10-02T13:40:33.730-04:00Back to normal<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Today is Friday, October 1<sup>st</sup> and no, I didn’t even think about taking my camera on my walk today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the last thing on my mind as I looked out the gate at our apartment complex trying to decide whether I was going for my daily walk or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I stood there at about <time hour="7" minute="0">7AM</time>, I noticed that everything appeared normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People were walking, cars were on the street, taxis were running and the buses were full. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did remember however that the U.S. State Department did tell all Americans in <country-region><place>Ecuador</place></country-region> to remain indoors until the problem clears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well it looked clear to me so out I went.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a great walk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got back and got Di up and we did our continental breakfast.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We decided that since we didn’t get to go shopping at Mall del <place>Rio</place> yesterday we would try it again today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We still didn’t know for sure that things were back to normal but remember this is an adventure so out we went.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to the mall by bus about <time hour="12" minute="0">noon</time> and we ate lunch at Dona Menestra in the mall food court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was traditional Ecuadorian fare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had beef, rice, beans, a potato, plantains and something I didn’t recognize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Di had beef, french fries, salad and she gave her beans to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t eat beans, Ecuadorian or otherwise.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We window shopped most of the stores and I bought a new light jacket made in <country-region><place>Ecuador</place></country-region>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Di bought a sweater and a belt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had to buy the belt because she got tired of losing her pants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am walking her hard every day and she is losing weight.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We then went shopping in the Mercado for groceries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As was our agreement we took a taxi home and not the bus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything appeared to be normal during our outing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For <city><place>Cuenca</place></city> anyway the problems of the day before seemed to be over.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We had a quiet meal at home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked on getting all the blog posts published and up to date and it will be off to bed early as we are going to Mercado Feria Libre tomorrow morning early and I have asked Di to not let me forget to take photos of the apartment complex and of my walk tomorrow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No photos were taken today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And so ends another day in our adventure.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></div>Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-11220794043935264772010-10-01T20:15:00.001-04:002010-10-01T20:16:26.378-04:00Ecuador stumbled but stood strong<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Today is Thursday, September 30th and I took my walk this morning and no, I didn’t remember to bring my camera again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I got back Di and I had our normal continental breakfast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to take a taxi to the Mall Monay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had wanted to go there and check it out again after visiting it on our <city><place>Cuenca</place></city> tour with <place>Dixie</place> and Juan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little did we know what was in store for us during the day.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We took a taxi to Mall Monay and got there just before it opened at <time hour="10" minute="0">10AM</time>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We waited outside and I went to the corner and recorded the buses that passed in both directions so we could know what bus or buses to take to get there in the future and what bus take when we left the mall.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When the mall opened we went shopping and window shopping and bought a watch battery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we went down to the food court and got a great chili cheese dog and of course a Pilsner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While sitting there we noticed that there was a lot of activity and conversation between the police officers in the mall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have to understand that there is a lot of police security at all the malls and bigger stores and at every bank and it is normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn’t think much of it at first but it did seem like more activity than we were used to.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We went to the Hypermaxi and window shopped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we were ready to leave, as we were walking to the exit of the Hypermaxi, Di noticed that there was a considerable amount of police presence and people in business suits at the entrance and all had their radios going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We figured there must have been a security problem in the store and they were checking everyone going out. We exited without incident.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When we were leaving the main entrance of the mall to go catch a bus to our next destination we noticed that police were not letting anyone into the mall but they were letting people out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were controlling the entry gates to the mall very carefully. We weren't sure why but we didn't care beacuse we were leaving.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We caught the 13 bus from Mall Monay to Mercado Feria Libre so we could change buses and got to Mall del <place>Rio</place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was an unbelievable bus ride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We never thought that a bus could pass another bus on a one lane city street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trust us, it can be done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had the <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">kamikaze</span> driver.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When we got to Mercado Feria Libre there was so much commotion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Police sirens were everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Police cars were everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Police on motorcycles were everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We stood in the median of the road as we tried to cross over to catch the 7 bus to Mall del <place>Rio</place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Police were everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We figured there must have been an accident somewhere. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have to remember that we were at Mercado Feria Libre which is usually jammed with thousands of people as we have been told and we figured this was all normal. We finally got across and proceeded to our bus but took a short rest on a bench.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We noticed that there was a strong police presence in the area and there were what appeared to be heavily armed military personnel in the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were maybe a dozen of them gathered near where we were resting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> They were armed to the teeth with automatic rifles, helmets and flack jackets. </span>Again we figured this must be normal. What did we know.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We caught our bus to Mall del <place>Rio</place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we got there we found that the mall gates were shut and being guarded by a police officer and people were waiting outside the mall entrance as well as outside the gate at the bus stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were police in the parking lot and at the mall entrance and they were not letting anyone in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were letting them out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> We didn't know what was going on. </span>We waited about 15 to 20 minutes and decided this could wait for another day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we got back on the bus and went back to the apartment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little did we know what was in store for <country-region><place>Ecuador</place></country-region>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When we arrived at our apartment we met up with Jim and Silene who we had just met the other night at Eucalyptus Restaurant and we had no ideas that they lived in the same apartment complex as we did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We lived two doors apart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent the afternoon off and on conversing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During this time we discovered that there were problems with the police in <country-region><place>Ecuador</place></country-region>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As time went on we began to hear news of the police force strike and the problems in <city><place>Quito</place></city> and in <city><place>Guayaquil</place></city>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only problems we heard about in <city><place>Cuenca</place></city> was some tire burning in the Parque Calderon area.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Except for the inconvenience of not getting into Mall del <place>Rio</place> we saw or experienced nothing out of the ordinary that we would have been able to recognise as out of the ordinary.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We heard a lot about the President of Ecuador being hurt and held by the police and being rescued and people getting hurt but it was all far away from us and we were never really in any danger nor did we particularly worry about it.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We spent a quiet night in our apartment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a light meal that Di cooked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked on the blog and Di did puzzles and we went to bed early.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took photos while we were out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Had I know what I know now I could have taken photos at Mercado Feria Libre that would have been CNN quality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our photos are included in this post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And so ends another day in our adventure.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div>Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-55563734589230324072010-10-01T18:31:00.028-04:002010-10-01T20:18:49.503-04:00We did the buses!!!!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Today is Wednesday, September 29 and I took my walk this morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I forgot to take my camera with me again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I have got to remember to do that. </span>I walked a bit farther today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walking here can be tough because it is up and down hill and the air is still as thin as it was when we got here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I got back I got Di up and we did our continental breakfast at the outside dining area again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Got to get the camera out and take pictures of this area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh well I’ll get around to it soon enough.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This morning Di and I decided that we would brave it and get on a bus and see what happens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided that the worst case scenario was we would get lost and get off the bus and flag a taxi and go home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know where that is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a bus stop immediately outside the apartment complex where we stay so I decided that the first thing to do was go stand at the bus stop and see what bus numbers go by in each direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote them down on a piece of paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also watched to see how people were getting the correct bus to stop for them then I went back to the apartment and checked the bus numbers against the bus route book that our friends gave us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We decided to take Bus 7 to the Mall del Rio since we had been there before and we were familiar with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We watched very careful which direction and which roads the bus took and what places we passed and I followed it very carefully in the bus route book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While in route we found out where Mercado Feria Libre was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a place that we knew we wanted to go to but didn’t know how to get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now we knew.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Well, we got to Mall del Rio with no problems and learned a lot about how to get the bus to stop where you wanted it to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is a bigger trick than getting on.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ate lunch at KFC in the food court in the mall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Di had traditional 2 piece dinner with fries and a coke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had the <country-region><place>Ecuador</place></country-region> version of 2 pieces of chicken with rice and beans and a Pilsener (beer).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did a lot of window shopping for furniture, small appliances, large appliances, dishes, kitchen stuff and you name it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We bought a few items at the Supermercado and we were tired. Iit was time to go.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We decided to take the 7 bus back with all the stuff we bought and liked to killed ourselves getting up to the bus stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a climb from the entrance to the bus stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were exhausted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The air is still as thin as it was when we got here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Di made a pact with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we could take a taxi back from the Mall del Rio after we shop then she would ride the bus to get there otherwise I could go by myself.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Got home about <time hour="13" minute="0">1 PM</time> and put everything up and took a long siesta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are getting very good at siesta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Siesta is good for you.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We decided to stay in and cook something real simple this evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had bacon, eggs and toast with butter and peanut butter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The brown eggs you get here are very delicious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bacon was very lean and tasty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We purchased a brand of peanut butter rather than Peter Pan, which was available, because the cost was so much less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is excellent peanut butter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We think it is made in <country-region><place>Panama</place></country-region> and imported into <country-region><place>Ecuador</place></country-region> but who knows.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We worked on Facebook entries and the blog and went to bed early.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The photos are of our apartment inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will get photos of the outside as soon as I remember.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And so ends another day in our adventure.</div>Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-87523616853868516692010-10-01T17:51:00.000-04:002010-10-01T17:51:32.636-04:00Met our Attorney<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Today is Tuesday, September 28<sup>th</sup> and I (Bob) decided to take a daily walk each morning. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got up at about <time hour="7" minute="0">7 AM</time> and left Di sleeping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t walk in <city><place>Tampa</place></city> because it is either too hot or too cold or too muggy or too many mosquitoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here the weather is absolutely perfect and there are no bugs to speak of and nice and cool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I walked along the river for a few blocks and then back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I walked in the other direction for a few blocks and checked out the neighborhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found a welding shop just opening up, an auto oil change shop, a couple of what I guess you can call quick stops like Handy Way or Seven Eleven but much smaller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are however very third world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On one of my walks in a couple of days when I get to know the neighborhood real well I will take some photos and publish them on the blog.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When I got back, I got Di up and we went out to the outside dining area in the court yard and we had a continental breakfast of bread, butter, jam and coffee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After breakfast I worked on the blog.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We decided that the early part of the day would be a chance to just crash and relax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had leftover lasagna for lunch.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">About <time hour="15" minute="30">3:30 PM</time> we took a taxi to our attorney and at <time hour="16" minute="0">4 PM</time> we met our attorney Dr. Galo Cardenas Rodas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He got us started on the correct path to getting our residency visas and laid out all that we needed to do and to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also made us certified color copies of our passports in case we misplace our original passports.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we left his office we knew what we needed to do and were very satisfied with our meeting.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When we left the attorneys office it was raining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hailed a taxi and went back to our apartment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We relaxed for an hour or so and then got a taxi and went to the Eucalyptus Café for dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got there early and found a table right next to a roaring fireplace and had an excellent dinner and drinks and met new friends including Jim and Silene from <state><place>Texas</place></state> who we would later find out lived two doors down from us.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">After dinner we took a taxi home and we were in bed early.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn’t take any photos today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So ended another day in our adventure.</div>Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-58186633195958941902010-10-01T17:17:00.000-04:002010-10-01T17:17:55.286-04:00Our move to the apartment<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It is Monday, September 27<sup>th </sup>and we checked out of Villa Nova Inn at about <time hour="9" minute="30">9:30 AM</time>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our new friends <place>Dixie</place> and Juan picked us up and took us to our apartment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We moved into Ortorongo Apartamentos Torongo about a mile up river from our hotel on the other side of the river.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> We got a basic but n</span>ice one bedroom apartment for $425 for the month including fully furnished and equipped with everyday maid and they do our laundry and we eat a continental breakfast each morning in the outside common dining area.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We went on a tour with our new friends real estate agent and guide <place>Dixie</place> and our driver/interpreter Juan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a great tour and we now know where all the malls are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> They took us to a spot well above the city of Cuenca and what a view we got. Photos are below. </span>We asked Juan to be at our beck and call for the rest of our time here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said no problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What an arrangement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Taxis and buses are still cheapest and we will use them primarily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now we are just using taxis because we haven’t got up the courage to strike out to parts unknown on a bus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got our cell phone today and we now have a Cuenca Ecuador phone number.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">After our tour Dixie and Juan`dropped us off at the Mall Los Americas and we had lasagna for lunch (that’s the big meal of the day here).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We met a very nice <country-region><place>US</place></country-region> expat couple who gave us a bus map book and shared with us the ins and outs of the busses and other sites in <city><place>Cuenca</place></city>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want to give a great big thanks to Randy and Karen and tell then we havent made it to Mercado Feria Libre yet but it is on our Saturday agenda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We couldn’t eat all our meal so we took it home with us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lasagna meal cost us about $12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we went shopping for groceries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A quick Taxi ride back to our apartment for $2 and we are here putting things up and getting organized. Here are some photos of the mall and the meal.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We decided that ham sandwiches were perfect for dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we ate, checked our email and retired to bed early.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we ended another day in our adventure.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div>Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-22810441102780766532010-10-01T12:30:00.020-04:002010-10-01T16:36:05.297-04:00Sensory Overload!!!!<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It is Sunday, September 26<sup>th</sup> and we just went through an unbelievable day four.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me try to describe it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sensory overload!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unbelievable!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beyond what we can describe even with photos!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> We went f</span>rom third world to the best you can find anywhere in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took a taxi to breakfast at Kookaburra Café. We had a great breakfast. We highly recommend them. Then the adventure began.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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Man would this make a great pot of ham and beans!!!<br />
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Then we took a taxi to the Mall del <place>Rio</place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the way, the taxis are an E ticket ride that Disney would be scared to put you on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Mall del <place>Rio</place> is as 1<sup>st</sup> world as you can get.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can buy everything from a Whopper to a Hyundai automobile under the same roof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can even buy a brand new motorcycle there for $1,175.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Then we went into the Supermercado.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Supermercado is the anchor store for the mall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no way to describe this store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take the biggest Walmart you have ever been in and multiply by two. Then add two of the biggest Sams Club you have ever been in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then add a second floor!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you need it or you want it and you can’t get it here, you can’t get it anywhere in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> We didn't get any photos inside the Supermercado because they frown on it but we will try in the future to sneak some in. </span>We took another one of those taxi rides back to our hotel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Oh, by the way, the Cuenca Lions won their Futbol game today (that’s Soccer for you Gringo Yankees) right across the river from our hotel at the big Futbol stadium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we got back to our hotel the area was packed with fans in red (<city><place>Cuenca</place></city>) jerseys and yellow ( don’t know who and don’t care) jerseys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Score?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One to nil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in all it was an exciting day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rWdn0K86JWfLAkqaSWlNWGr0r6W2j2xYTtf4NxpWOc-0lZyCQwWvDWwIrzVI2Ua13TswfOYm_l_X7yuzsLRW2hwiSJbxEo6vZncEa_njPkjjxpweknZmdoVaiWaOiT7grB0QrRdGupdb/s1600/Cuenca+043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rWdn0K86JWfLAkqaSWlNWGr0r6W2j2xYTtf4NxpWOc-0lZyCQwWvDWwIrzVI2Ua13TswfOYm_l_X7yuzsLRW2hwiSJbxEo6vZncEa_njPkjjxpweknZmdoVaiWaOiT7grB0QrRdGupdb/s320/Cuenca+043.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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These are the photos of the hotel we are leaving. So we end another day in our adventure.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We got up early this morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to breakfast at Sakura next door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope, we didn’t have sushi for breakfast either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hotel provided us with a continental breakfast certificate to eat there for free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t much and it was continental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got coffee, a juice that we didn’t get because we had no idea what the waiter was saying until we saw someone else get it and a lighter than air croissant with butter and jam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was our first and last continental breakfast at Sakura.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Now it was time to go out and explore Cuenca.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to get a taxi and go to the center of the old colonial city and see what was there on a Saturday morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And a beautiful Saturday morning it turned out to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It started out a bit overcast and cool but within an hour it got beautiful and sunny and a very warm maybe 75F.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took the taxi to Plaza de <city><place>San Francisco. The taxi cost us $2. These photos say more than I ever could.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">After touring the Plaza de <city><place>San Francisco</place></city> we decided to start walking through the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked to the Plazoleta del Carmen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a small plaza and what we found was a beautiful flower market and beautiful buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again these photos tell more than I ever could.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We moved on next to Parque Calderon in the middle of the old colonial city of <city><place>Cuenca</place></city>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the way there we took these photos.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Well we decided to tuff it out and walk the whole way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As you can see from these photos it may or may not have been a great idea but we did it anyway and we are glad we did because we found the WunderBar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These steps are called La Escalinata Staircase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They go down from Calle Larga (</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Larga Street</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">) to Av 3 de Noviembre where our hotel is located.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pictures tell more than I can say.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When siesta time ended we decided to go get dinner at WunderBar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We climbed almost all the way to the top of La Escalinata Staircase to WunderBar and ate a huge meal that included a Pina Colada for Di and double rum and coke tall and a beer for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got a salad next then I had spaghetti with meat sauce and Di had spaghetti with alfredo sauce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We couldn’t eat it all and the total bill including tax and gratuity was $18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a slow walk down the staircase and a half block to the hotel we crashed for an hour or two and went to bed. And so ends another day.</div></div>Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-43663377481643455272010-09-29T17:50:00.001-04:002010-09-29T17:55:24.511-04:00Getting to Ecuador and CuencaOur first two days were spent getting to Guayaquil and Cuenca in Ecuador. Although you can travel to Cuenca from Miami in one day we decide that these two old folks ought to just fly into Guayaquil and hold up for the night. No sense in pushing it.<br />
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So we left Tampa Florida about 7 AM on Thursday, September 23rd with a medium size suitcase and a backpack each. No way did I believe that we would get out of the house with so few suitcases but I have to hand it to Di, she held my feet to the fire and made me pack light.<br />
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We arrived at the Miami airport park and fly about 11:30 AM and transferred over to the airport American Airlines curbside international departures area. Our luggage was checked through and we had our boarding passes in about 10 minutes. We were first in line. We couldn't believe it. Now it was time to head to the worst part of our trip. Security check in. We always put Di in a wheelchair because she can't manage the long walks through the airport. I never push her because if I did we both would never get where we need to go. We would both still be in Miami. As normal we paid an airport assistant to push her. This assistant was real good. The line at the security point was huge. That assistant pushed us right to the front. As normal I was first through the security check with mine and Di's stuff because they have to send her through pat down due to her pace maker. We made it to the bar next to our boarding gate and had lunch and for me a beer (a big one). We paid the assistant well and sent her on her way.<br />
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At 3:45 PM we were loaded into the plane like cattle and at 4:35 PM sharp we were airborne. The flight was pretty much uneventful. We both slept a lot and they served us a sandwich for our in flight meal. Needless to say I had a cocktail (or two or.....). The flight landed right on time at 7:30 PM. It was a nice smooth 4 hour flight. For those who don't know it, Ecuador is on Eastern Standard Time which right now is one hour earlier than the States. The States sprung forward to Eastern Daylight Time. There is no need for Ecuador to change time as it is on the equator and the days and nights are the same, approximately 12 hours each depending on where you live in Ecuador.<br />
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We were met by an airport assistant at the door of our plane with a wheelchair for Di. This guy was good. Not only did he get us to the baggage claim quickly and get our baggage quickly but he got us through the baggage check area without a search and to the customs area quickly. Then he took us straight to the head of the line in front of about 250 other passengers to the customs check through. Man that wheelchair paid off again. Our passports were in order, they put us in their computer and we were through. Now to get the Howard Johnson's shuttle to come get us and we would be down for the night.<br />
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At this point I would have paid a taxi $100 to take us across the street to a flea bag hotel. Di and I both were tired. As we made it from the customs check to the departure area we told the airport assistant that we needed a Howard Johnson's shuttle. Ten steps later there was a guy standing there holding a sign that said "Robert & Diane Spencer" and under it it said "Howard Johnson Hotel". I knew then that Di and I had died and gone to heaven. <br />
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They treated us like royalty. The van was already pulled up right in front of the terminal exit door. There were two guys. There was the driver and the guy that met us. On the short drive to the hotel we were checked in while on the shuttle. They don't fool around and it was Mr. This and Mrs. That. We never had to touch a thing. Next thing we knew we were in a beautiful king room by 8:30 PM. Needless to say we tipped everyone at both airports and Howard Johnson Hotel well. They earned it. A drink at the bar for Di and I and by 9:30 PM we were in bed. What a first day.<br />
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Day two. Friday, September 24th. It was a quick uneventful traverse through Guayaquil airport at about 8:30 AM. Di didn't even need a wheelchair for this part of our trip. This was our short flight from Guayaquil to Cuenca. Now you got to remember that Di and I had worried that we might have problems with altitude sickness in Cuenca. For all of our lives we have been relatively speaking nothing but flatlanders. Cuenca is nothing but up there. Average altitude in the city is 8,250 feet. Now that's nose bleed seats in any stadium in the country including Denver. We were leaving sea level at Guayaquil for a 40 minute hop to 8,250 feet and we weren't coming down for five weeks. So here we go.<br />
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We took off at 9:30 AM. Again it was an uneventful flight on a cloudy day and we had no idea where land was until we suddenly broke out in the middle of the mountains. Right next to us! It was beautiful. We landed at 10:15 AM and got through baggage claim quickly and didn't even use a porter. This is where I really appreciated the new four wheel luggage we bought. You could push it around with ease. We went about 50 feet to the taxi stand caught a taxi from the airport to our hotel in Cuenca. What a ride. I knew this was going to be fun when we got through with that taxi ride. <br />
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We were at Villa Nova Inn. The taxi dumped us and our luggage there and we paid him $3.00. A nice young gentleman helped me get the luggage up the 1,000 stairs (well almost) to our room and we were there. PHEW!!!!!!! Man the air was thin!!! We went down to the terrace and I had a beer and Di had a coke and we just simply crashed. Then we went to our room and we just simply crashed. Man the air was still thin!! So we took a nap. Man we love retirement. Later that evening we went next door to Sakura Sushi restaurant for our first dinner in Cuenca. Now you have to understand, it was close and Di and I don't eat our bait, we fish with it, so we opted not to have sushi. They did however have a great steak meal. This dinner is when we realized that we really needed to learn the language real bad. You may not get what you really want. Well it was good and we went back to our room and went happily off to sleep. So ended our second day.Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491100811467156882.post-23269605489724485152010-09-28T13:23:00.001-04:002010-09-28T14:39:56.481-04:00Our Retirement Adventure BeginsIt became apparent after the first five days of our retirement adventure that posting each days events and photos on Facebook and sending out e-mails to family and friends was not going to work. We were spending more time telling all of you about our adventures than we were actually going out on our adventures. So on this sixth day, which we will call our day of rest in our new apartment, we will begin Bob and Di's Retirement Adventure blog. This will be the soul source of information on our retirement adventure.<br />
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Our retirement adventure actually began back a few months ago. It became apparent to us that the economy in the U.S. was not going to allow us to retire in the lifestyle that we wanted. The economy was not going to allow us five more productive years so that we could retire at 66 in comfort in the US. We also were getting unhappy with the extreme hot Florida weather and the high electric bill that came with it. It was time to find something new.<br />
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It did not take us long to discover that there was nowhere in the U.S. that we could afford or that we could enjoy in retirement.. It was either too expensive or too hot or too cold or too much snow and on and on. So we decided to look outside the U.S. It didn't take us long to eliminate all other countries but Ecuador. Only Ecuador fit everything we were looking for. We researched Ecuador for a couple of months and decided that Cuenca was the city that would most fit our needs and desires.<br />
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So what made us decide to look at retirement in Cuenca Ecuador? The answers are cost of living, quality of life, the weather, the scenery, the public transportation, the lack of need to own an automobile, the chance to explore a new part of the world, to be able to afford to travel, the adventure. Will there be hurdles in our path? You bet but that is part of the adventure. In this blog you will learn of all of those hurdles and all of the excitement, enjoyment and adventure as we experience it.<br />
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The next step was obvious. We needed to go to Cuenca and be sure that it was in fact what we wanted. We decided on the dates and length of our trip. We were going for five weeks including travel days. We booked all of our flights and hotels and our apartment. Now we had to wait. We had finished our bookings by the end of July and our flight wasn't until September 23rd. Never give Di almost two months to think about what to do before our adventure. By the time we left to go and decide whether we wanted to retire in Cuenca, Di had sold half our belongings and furniture and put the house up for sale and had already made up our minds.<br />
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So this will begin Bob and Di's Retirement Adventure. Off to Cuenca Ecuador we go.Bob and Di Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301447096223409901noreply@blogger.com3