Census Time!

Today all of Ecuador shut down for the 2010 census. Any and all forms of movement (other than official census business) was restricted from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Everyone from locals to tourists had to stay inside and wait for high school students, who were conducting the survey, to come by your house or hotel. We were not able to bike because people found traveling were subject to fines. Who knows how strict the police really were going to be. But, me and Merilee have now been officially counted as part of the foreign population of Ecuador! Whooo hooo! We did lament that this would have been the greatest biking day ever because there would not have been a single car on the road.

On another note, we are now working our way through the Harry Potter's. Yup, 1 - 7, all horribly streamed from the internet. We have only finished 1 and 2. We really need to start riding more.

We skyped the whole family for the first time! It worked out alright. Andy's computer tends to not have good video quality so most of the time we spend saying "your frozen" or "refresh the video". They were all up in Bellingham for a late Thanksgiving. But, it was nice for us to have a bit of family time (i.e. making weird faces at the computer, singing horribly, etc.)

Merilee made two batches of brownies. Tomorrow we will roll out on our stomachs as opposed to our bicycle wheels. I recommend never eating more than 7 brownies in a 1 hour time period.



Photos! Us and firepeople (they occasionally burst into flame or are gender neutral fighters), Biblian, reflections of Cuenca, Miguel and Carmen (two lovely folks we are staying with in Cuenca)