I woke up this morning to Mikes dulcet tones. He was on the phone with the credit card people wanting to know why there were two pending charges for the airline tickets we supposedly bought yesterday. He was on the phone for about 2 hours altogether this morning trying to straighten out the extra charges and also to actually book our tickets since yesterdays transaction did not get completed. After a little conference calling (actually Mike with a cell phone to each ear) between the airline and the credit card company we finally paid, just one time and have definitely booked tickets now. The again promised email didn’t come however, and we didn’t get it till Mike got back on the phone with the airline this afternoon and stayed on there while they sent it. The one good thing about not buying until today is that the price went down almost $100 over night, tidy!
After Mike got over the whole frustration of the morning he booked us a hotel in Quito for the first six nights, and also reserved (maybe) a hotel in Cuenca for the first few nights we are in that city. I did nothing, me and Tal-y just stayed out of his way. We went to the park for a run around and on the way Tal-y decided to have a lie down and a nice concerned gentleman on a bike stopped and asked me if she was ok. I think he thought she had passed out or something, it was a little embarrassing telling him that she was being stubborn and didn’t want to walk anymore. I felt better a little later though and nowhere near as embarrassed after seeing a couple taking their giant cat for a ‘walk’ in a stroller. When we finally made it to the park Tal-y made a new friend called Max and I got to talk to a nice couple from Colorado. I am just a regular little social butterfly lately!
Now it’s very late, and very wet, and very noisy. It’s after midnight and we are in the middle of a thunderstorm that is supposed to last most of the night. Tal-y beside me cos she’s scared of the noise, whether that noise is the thunder or Mike’s snoring is still undetermined. I’m off to bed, hopefully this’ll all get posted tomorrow once mike has added his two pennies worth. Good night.

Mike:All these old fools are falling all over themselves to talk to Becc.