Day 30: Friday 21 May

This night was the first that I used my blankets again. When I got up I realized it had cooled down so much because it had rained. That makes me quite happy. I eat some bread rolls and take some coca cola, because I can’t make tea. We take a taxi again to the office. I take some surveys again in the morning and then see Miguel to help fill in some forms. The General Manager is not in the office, so I get to put myself at his desk, in his relaxed chair.

The downside is that the guys don’t know where to find me, so they go on for lunch without me. I follow them after 15 minutes, but see them on the way back, meaning I’m having lunch by myself. The rest of the afternoon I write some stuff and go to the mall again. I need food for the evening and probably, we won’t have gas already today.

This time I did find a book store, but on the second floor of the mall. It was quite a big one and I found what I was looking for: some maps of Ecuador and Guayaquil and by chance a Kichwa dictionary. I'm still reading 12 minutes by Paulo Coelho in Spanish, so I'm not yet in need of literature. Also, I found a CD-store on the second floor, right above the Megamaxi. One that sells legal CD's even, for $10 to $25! For many things here in Ecuador the prices are almost equal to those in the Netherlands. I just hope the Euro doesn't devalue any more than it already has.

So, well I buy some stuff at the megamaxi, but before I enter, the security guard stops me because I can't enter with my bag. What? Suddenly I look like a criminal? I even shaved this morning! Anyway, I bought a nice bottle of rum (yargh!) to be drunk in the evenings, watching old episodes of HIMYM. And at this point my blog starts looking like Ammer's, so I'd better stop >:D

Until next Wednesday, where I'l be telling about the adventures in Cuenca and Isla de la Plata.