We lounged around, watched more soccer, drank

and swam in the accommodation’s pool. I could retire there, everything is green. The town is neat, has no crime and costs $0.06 per square foot of jungle/rainforest land. Apparently many foreigners are starting to buy large chunks of it.
We were going to hire the bikes for 3 days, but if we got them back within 48 hours, we would only get charged for two. So, we got up early and, after spending half an hour looking for toucans unsuccessfully, headed back.
10 inch wheels on dirt roads were some kind of slow, but still fun.
Back to Quito…….
Made it back in 48 hours – woohoo! We weren’t entirely happy with the overall rental experience there, but it sure beat hanging around in the city.
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So, we were down to 48 hours until we flew out to the USA, and had our interview. A good bearded man conducted it, for 3 minutes, and the US embassy were kind and issued us visas in 24 hours. We picked them up less than 24 hours before we flew out. We were excited.
Had we not received them, our US trip would have to be rushed (something Rob doesn’t do well) and cut shorter than planned. Nongs got lucky again.
USA, here we come!