A Sentimental Note

We were wrong.

Anita is not a lady of the night. Luis was not crazy. I have to say that when we put them together it was much like putting the north side of a magnet right beside the south side of a piece of dynamite that is already lit, and MacGyver is nowhere to be found.

Luis ended up helping us relentlessly and is one of the kindest people I have ever met. On our last day in Esmeraldas he brought us a few original statuettes that were made by early Ecuadorians as a farewell gift. I will say without qualifiers that I love Luis.

Anita turned out to be capricious rather than insane. She is so kind that she appeared to be trying to follow us to Quito when all she wanted to do was a leave a few days early to see her daughter and thought it would be fun to ride the overnight bus with us. I additionally love - without holding any bars (that´s the expression right?) - Anita very much.

There other fun stories today since we haggled in a market in Otavalo and applied deodorant to our seats on our bus that smelled like it was owned by Beetlejuice, but I just wanted to update how wonderful Luis and Anita are. And also Rocio. And Rachel. And Rachel´s friend.

People rock.