TheBanyanTree: The Perils of Ecuador

[Woofie]

  On Saturday, I was chatting to some club members who had returned
  from the World Shoot in Ecuador. The world shoot was held there a
  few months ago.

  I said, that seeing it was still the hot season, wasn't it
  unbearably hot there? In the daytime it is hot, I was told, but only
  the mid 30's (round about 90F) but could get quite humid. However,
  about 8pm it got freezing cold very suddenly, so that you could go
  into a restaurant for dinner sweating profusely from the heat and
  walk outside after dinner and freeze yer wotsits off. The sudden
  cold at night is attributable to the Andes Mts..apparently cold air
  from the mts rolls down the slopes at night which causes the sudden
  change.

  One of the other interesting things about Ecuador is that it is a
  very dangerous place! You could not go out on your own at night, or
  you would risk being mugged or worse. You have to go in groups and
  you have to have an armed guard type person with you or go packed
  yourself. A number of the dudes carried their guns...loaded.

  Another interesting thing is the ladies of the night (also gentlemen
  of the night are available too!). They cost $60 US per day and that
  is for 24 hours. However, apparently they are wonderful. One of the
  Aussie team hired one and she carried all his equipment during the
  day round the match and gave him shoulder massages before each
  shooting stage. She also took the dude and some of our contingent
  out to the markets and made sure they bought quality stuff and
  bargained for them etc


  During one day of the shoot, some black hawk helicopters came over
  and caused all the targets to get blown down etc. Apparently they
  are whisper quiet scary thingies, that you doan realise is there
  till too late. Our Aussie fellas was not impressed with them and
  reckoned all competitors should have aimed upwards and shot the
  bleeders!

  One of the funniest sights they saw was a female cop wearing a
  gun..well..that is pretty normal, BUT she was wearing really high
  stiletto heels. The fellas of course wondered how she could function
  with them..like if she hadda chase a baddie she would be really
  stuffed. They tried to take her photograph but she wouldn't be in
  it!

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Best regards,
 Woofie ,                         mailto:woofie at woofess.com

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