I finally figured out that I can receive mail here in my town, which is much better than traveling 2.5 hours to find that the one post office in the province is closed. On a weekday. For no good reason at all. This has actually happened to me twice. The mail truck comes to my town twice a week (we are moving up!), and while I’m told it might take a week longer for me to receive something, it is a lot more convenient for me.
My original mailstop in Loja will still work, that’s where I receive official PC mail. But I’m eager to see if I can get mail in my town, so if you want to send me a postcard, letter, or package, email me for the new address. Muito obrigada.
Hello, Ann – Great blog! I’ve been perusing it for a while this evening. I’m Joe Johnson, and I was a PCV in Ecuador as well, back around 1995 or so. (It’s all blurring together.) I am a Spanish teacher now, and just returned to Quito and Mindo with a group of students. I met a guy in Mindo who was very interested in working with the PC on establishing forest preserves. I got his address and phone number and told him I’d get back to him on whom he should contact, but your blog is the first place I’ve found where I can talk to a living, breathing PC-ite! Do you think you can forward me some contact info, so I can get it to him?
Thanks, and I’m going to keep reading – you’ve been bookmarked!
Joe