So, Friday morning we headed for a "busetta" which is their way of saying "Silver Bullet" (for those of you unaware, my minivan is the the Silver Bullet). The busetta was adorned with campaign goodies for Correa, so I was happy. :)
The busetta ride to Guayaquil was a bit scary! The driver had a lead foot, and the roads had to conform to the bends of the mountains, so I was thanking GOD I had taken Dramamine. About half way there we stopped a little all purpose shop for a snack and a pee break. I presume it was because we were so high (literally in the clouds) that caused the rain, but it was still relatively warm.
After departing the Busetta, we were chauffeured to our hotel "La Fontana" in the center of Guayaquil. All three of us were not enthralled by the city. It was not nearly as beautiful as Cuenca, and we didn't really feel safe. We grabbed dinner, then headed to David Guetta's concert.
The concert was officially supposed to begin at 8:00pm, so we were there, in line by 6:00pm. The opening DJ started at about 9:00, then a few more played until 1:00am... At this point I was ready to leave. My stomach had turned against me (no I was not sick from alcohol, I had one rum and coke hours ago), but then BAM' David Guetta was on, and he was AWESOME! By the time we got back to the car I was really not feeling well at all. We made it back to the hotel at about 4:00am. We all passed out (then I spent a few not so pleasant hours in the baño).
I felt better when we finally woke up at 11:00am. We then began our journey back to Cuenca!
Our busetta driver on the way home drove much slower (THANK GOD). He gave me Correa bumper stickers for my Silver Bullet back in NY! I was able to get some cool photos on our way home, which did not lack excitement. Another busetta has gotten a flat tire because he hit rocks that had fallen into the road from the mountain. Our driver got out, and helped him change his tire. Not long after we saw a large (I presume cargo truck) truck, which has flipped, and slid off the road. The driver explained that these roads are not meant to be driven on quickly, especially when wet (which made me grateful I survived the first leg of the trip).
We were dropped off back at Melita's house at which point I thought I needed to take a nap. The plan was to nap, wake up and do all of the homework/PHA Inauguration work I've been unable to do so far on the trip. Well, fail. I woke up from my nap about four hours later, and just decided to wake up early to do the work. So, I slept from 6:00pm, to 7:00am today.
I've managed to do a lot of what I needed to do, so I feel a lot less stressed.
At 11:00am we will be going to Sunday Mass! I am pretty excited! I'll post pictures below from the concert, and Cajas!
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