After our two meetings on Sunday morning, lunch and a Bible study in the afternoon, Jill and I boarded a Portoviejo-bound bus in Lascano. "When does this bus leave?" we inquired of the driver as we got on at 4:10. "In ten minutes." So, we finally pulled out of Lascano around 4:35 and crept down the mountain road, dropping off and picking up packages and passengers all along the way. Arriving in Olmedo somewhere in the vicinity of 5:30, I jokingly remarked to Jill, "Well, I'm sure we'll have to be out of here by 6:00 anyway." The joke in this was that hopefully we would be long departed from Olmedo at 6:00. The joke, as it turned out, was on us. 6:00 was indeed the magic hour, and our driver was in no hurry. Since Sunday was the last day of school vacation, there were many many people wanting to make their way to Portoviejo. Since this was the last bus of the day, there were many many people wanting to make their way to Portoviejo on this particular bus. The good news was that Jill and I at least had seats. At one stop in the (seemingly) middle of nowhere, twenty-two people got on the bus. In addition to being exceedingly cautious, our bus driver was incredibly accommodating. When several passengers were desirous of cheese (why, I do not know), he obligingly stopped at a road-side cheese vender and waited for the cheese purchasers to purchase their cheese. In one little town, we were met with a religious procession, further delaying our progress. Fortunately, there was no movie playing, and the music volume was tolerable. There was a nice breeze as long as the bus was actually moving, and while the seats could not be described as comfortable, we each had one. We were delighted to finally arrive at our bach around 8:30.
Beautiful sunsets seem to be a rarity here, so the Sunday evening sky had us reaching for our cameras. This isn't the best picture, but it's the best one we have.
The religious procession:
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