Photos of Our House

Today Brad fed the lions. Our friend Ernesto, the one who owns and operates a reptile and amphibian zoo in town, is also in the process of creating a zoo with megafauna. So we went with him to feed the three lions, the puma, the ocelot, and the spectacled "beer" (bear). Then we fed ourselves at the KFC. Ernesto was pretty excited to eat food from Kentucky with a "Kentucky man."

We also advanced in the process of buying a car. We agreed to a price, went to purchase a fill-in-the-blanks contract, took that contract to a notary to fill out and stamp after we signed, went to the hallway to have a color copy made for $0.35, went back to the notary, then ran to the bank to find that it closed at 4:30. We don't have the car yet because we haven't paid for it. Its first journey will be to the mechanic, or at least that's the "plan."

This morning we met with Jose, who has claimed to be the person who will make our living accommodations more comfortable. I'm sure that he will, but I'm not so sure that the changes will be made before we leave Ecuador. Bureaucratic red tape may be even worse here than at home. Meanwhile, he has offered to invite us into his home to take hot showers and stay in town if we need. Maybe if we take him up on his offer, the house will get fixed faster. He also promised that we will have written permission to begin research by the beginning of next week.