Ecuador Wildlife

By Marc

It took us a week, but Friday evening we finally had a chance to check out some Ecuador wildlife.  Now I bet you are looking to see some cute and furry animals, but that is only the case when I am in the picture because I am talking about a different type of nightlife!

If you read my last post, you already know that Friday was a very long day.  However, we wanted to check out some Nightlife.  During the pirate ship cruise on Chris’s birthday our Rotarian friend Gonzalo introduced me to his son (also named Gonzolo) and his girlfriend Denisse.    They had offered to take us out to a club and of course, we took them up on the offer.

At home, people tend not to go out till around 11pm.  We were told that people usually wait until midnight to go out, but that the bars were normally opened until 6am.

One of the things that I haven’t mentioned is that Ecuador is currently in the middle of a very severe drought.  The major consequence of this has been that most of their power is generated by water damms and consequently they currently have scheduled power outages throughout the day.  This has forced many bars to close early since they don’t have power from midnight to 6am.  The club we were going to had their own generator, so we were good to go!

Here is our group:

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From Left to Right:  Tonya, Conzalo, Denisse, Marc, Chris and Kiersten.

It was a really nice place and I really liked the music.  It was a mix of newer dance tunes and a lot of older ones as well.  At one point a local band came on and belted out some great tunes from U2 and other great bands.

Due to the power outtages, the bar had to close early.  We left the club around 3:30am   Here is a pic of our lovely Timmins Ladies and one of the bouncers.

We were dead tired, and really wishing that there was a London Cafe around the corner!  The 24h restaurant at the hotel would just have to do!

We were really happy that Saturday was a free day and we didn’t have to meet up wiht the group until 4:30pm!