Travel Pics

Clickk on the interesting pic of Brennie to see some more travel pics.

Included are:

Pics of travel in the days of Swine Flu.

Brennie using her Blackberry on the plane.

A couple other pics of Brennie during the 3 hour van ride up the Andes. We rode in a van from Guayaquil (sea level), up through the pass (12,000 feet) adn down in the valley where Cuenca is (8 or 9,000 feet).

We made some friends int the van...Marisol and Claudio. We hope to see them again. They were very nice to us........and that is the good part of traveling.

I took some really crummy pics....will try to be more selective with next group.

And oh ya....the road form Guayaquil to Cuenca was a nightmare!!.

I had some trouble getting this post up...hope it works ok. Bed time.

Airplane Food

You are probably thinking..... "peanuts?"

We flew Northwest Air (owned by Delta) from Kansas City to Miami. Yeah....peanuts. 'Peanuts' refers to the entire flight.

We flew LAN from Miami to Ecuador. Great flight. LAN has NWA beat in every department except seat size. They actually fed us food and it was good. Hot too. Not nearly as good as Uncle Johns fine fare. But good for an airplane.....actually great for an airplane.

In Transit Thoughts

You know how some people say they 'just love to travel'? Are they talking about the hours spent in small cramped airplane seats and waiting rooms. Are they talking about the lovely stale air in the plane? Surely not. They must be talking about the multiple security checks in the airports. (We were on 4 flights.) You know that poor schlubb that gets taken aside and given special attention at the security check? I am sure that is really hilarious to watch. But I wouldn't know because it is always me. Not exaggerating here....happens every single time. I wonder why? Maybe because I sweat so much.

Am I rambling...being self indulgent?

Brenda is a saint.

Enough bitching....I'll download some blurry pics and get another post ready.

What are we doing in Ecuador...?

It is a recon mission.
We are going down for eight weeks to see if we want to move there. We are pretty sure we do want to ...it is all we have been talking about for the last couple years

While there we are going to attend Spanish Language School at Simon Bolivar.
Check out the school.

Lets see now? Spend 8 weeks this summer in Topeka or in Ecuador?

Brenda and I had some tough choices regarding June and July this year. We could do the usual. I could mow lawns all summer and Brenda could get a temp job of some kind. On weekends, we could go to Sams Club for free samples and maybe spend a couple weekends in KC.

OR

We could sell the mowers. Close up the house and go to Ecuador for 2 months. Maybe even enroll in a Spanish Language school. Do something different, interesting and fun. Eat different foods and experience a different culture.

HOUSING IN CUENCA:

There were a couple glitches in the housing arrangements, but I think that it is all good now.
Click here to see the apartment we rented for June and July.