A state of emergency has been declared in Ecuador. The military is now in charge and are backing the president. The airports and major roads are closed. This is all due to the fact that the police are on strike apparently due to the reduction of their retirement benefits.
However, in Latacunga nothing is happening. I'm so safe that I'm practically cloistered.
I've been working 16 hour days this past week since we are issuing drawings tomorrow. So I basically leave the office for lunch and dinner is ordered in. And our apartment here is half a block away.
The internet was shut down nationwide earlier today for a few hours. Which was good for me because I was able to get more work done :)
If anything interesting happens, I'll try to write about it. But for now, back to work.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Still on Hiatus
I've been meaning to post more stories, but have been working almost non-stop since I started my job at the end of June. When you are living in a small town eight hours from your home where you don't really know anyone, it's easy to just eat, sleep, drink, and work. And wait for the shower (which happens when you have seven people living the in same apartment building who all need to be at work at 8AM). In Latacunga, 10, 12, even 14 hour days were typical just because there wasn't anything else to do there. But this week I will be working from Cuenca in a office that is open from 8:30AM to 1PM and 2:30PM to 6PM so I intend to start posting again.
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