3 Hours and Five Miles Later

It's about 1:30 P.M. and we're relaxing back in the hotel room having almost given up on buying fuel for the stove. It seemed like a simple task and something that wouldn't take more than 45 mins. After being unintentionally misled several times we finally found a store that sells white gas for camping stoves. It only took us 3 hours and roughly five miles to accomplish our mission. Each person we asked would say, "it's two blocks down this street." Apparently, directions are always given in two block increments, but always with a smile. When we got back to the hotel we had just missed Freddy, who I had made all the arrangements with via email. We asked the young lady at the desk when he might be back and the answer was first 8:00 P.M., but quickly followed-up with maybe 2:30 P.M.. So at this point we have a window of sometime between 2:30 and 8:00 P.M. Hopefully we can finalize logics this afternoon and continue with the plan of being driven to Cayambe tomorrow. In the meantime, we're just enjoying the mild weather and taking in as much of the culture as we can. It's siesta time, so how hard could that be.