Banco Bolivariano is now our bank in
Ecuador. Even though Luis had filled out the applications, made copies of our
Escritura (deed), passports, and an electric bill, and took it all to the bank
yesterday; despite receiving a call telling us everything was ready for our
signatures; when we arrived at the bank this morning, it was an hour and a half
waiting in line. Then the agent told us that we had to wait for it to be
approved (this couldn’t be done until we were physically present). And another
hour later, we finally got back to the agent, who then spent 50 minutes filling
out forms and running everything upstairs and back before she got the papers
out that we needed to sign. At least twelve signatures for the primary account holder and four
more for the secondary. Then, we got to go upstairs and make the deposit. WHEW!
There were four Ferreterias also in
La Libertad that we visited after our banking was finished. Since we had
already visited one last week, and several last fall, we had a fairly easy time
picking out a floor tile. Wall tiles weren’t as painless but we finally found
the perfect tile and accents to go with the floor. And the good news: we are
under budget!
Mike took us to a nice restaurant
with a two-course lunch for $3. We had a beef soup, fish with coconut sauce,
rice and fresh-squeezed orange juice. The food was very tasty and the
presentation was wonderful.
After returning to Salinas, we went
to the Neptuno where Javiar and Jorge had crews still working. The wall in the
bathroom was still not all the way down, but the debris had been shoveled into
sacks and hauled down 8 flights of stairs.
The carpenter had also been there
and removed the doors so that he can restore them. This will cost about 1/3 of
buying new doors. Everyone also says it is good wood: palo de vaca. It is
extremely hard so termites avoid it (termites are bad along the coast) and it
has pretty grain. We haven’t picked a color for stain but that won’t make a
difference yet.
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