I sleep in until 10 am.

I complete some programming.

I walk to the meditation center to meet up with Sumana and Adara. Plans have changed and I invite Steven up to show him how I make chocolate. He uses some of his own chocolate. I make a batch of almond chocolate and a tray of cinnamon, clove and jalapeño choclate.

Steven and I have dinner at Mama Silvia’s.

Another great haircutting experience with Jerri.

Heather, Renata, Lee, Pat and I eat and enjoy each others company at the Persian restaurant.

I wake up during the night with 3 bug bites. 2 of swollen about an inch across. They are itchy also. I dab some lavender oil on them and the itching stops. In the morning there is no sign of the bites.

Pat and I walk the loop and eat pizza at Shanta’s.

We sit and talk with Isabel, Kent and Raphael at Sambucha’s.

My new shower. Just kidding.

I open my iPhoto program on my Mac and discover a picture taken on the day my camera went missing. That means the phone connected to the internet either at Madre Tierra or my house because the login information was in the phone for those two places. So the phone went missing either at Madre Tierra or my house.

5 packages arrive at the post office.

I enjoy conversation and pizza with Heather at Mama Silvia’s.

I’m up at 7 am and finish some programming.

I walk over to the Panama Hat factory to have a hat enlarged. I get to see how the hat is shaped in a press and discover that they can get wet without affecting the hat. I can even roll it up for travel.

I call Leon and he drives me around to do an errand for a friend.

I also buy something to bring back for Heather.

A 3 hour van ride and another hour by taxi brings me back to Vilcabamba.

I drop off the purchase at Heather’s and walk home under a star filled sky.

A taxi goes by as I come out my gate and I get a ride into the village.

I receive my iHerb package with goodies to add to my chocolate. Lemon, orange, cinnamon and clove and leave it with Heather.

I send off cacao butter to Finland which I sold for bitcoin.

I take the bus to Loja and drop off my iPhone info at the Mac House so when the technician comes in he can attempt to locate it.

I eat lunch with Julia who happened to be at the restaurant.

I catch a van to Cuenca. Only 5 people in the van so the ride is comfortable. I arrive in 3 and half hours.

I eat at Tiesto’s. All the condiments to myself. Yum.

It’s cooler here in Cuenca.

I complete some work.

I get a new process running on the internet.

Stephanie and I walk the loop. We stop and talk to Sumana and Jeremiah along the way. We see a shooting star and a fast moving star?

Stephanie and I eat dinner at the Chinese restaurant.

I walk over to Pat’s to pick up my half of the raw strawberry cake that Anne made.

I go through a learning curve to be able to develop software on line.

My old inexpensive phone is charged, contacts loaded and operational again with the same phone number.

Pat, Stephanie and I walk to Kitzia’s. Julie joins us while we enjoy the food and market.

We walk Julie home and I help Julie with something on her computer.

Pat, Stephanie, Jerri, Chaska and I chat at the Juice Factory.

Stephanie and I have a cup of tea at Pura Vida then go for a walk.

Stephanie and I share a table with Al at the Pizza Factory. The pizza crust has too much oil for my liking.

2000 years old tree in South Africa known as tree of life (Baobab) 

I meet Pat at the Juice Factory and we take a Ruta Taxi to Loja.

Pat & I go to the Claro store located in the Centro Parc Square. I hand the person a sheet with all the details about losing my found that I’d Google translated in Spanish. Turns out he speaks English. He explains that Claro cannot locate the phone but he offers to lock the phone out of the Claro system. I still don’t understand how they can lock it out but not locate it. If someone wishes to use the phone then they can take a sim card out of another phone and use it in my lost phone. I am given a new sim card with the same phone number to use in another phone,

We continue on to the Mac House where, with the assistance of Stephanie, via phone, the sales rep assures me the technician will be able to locate my phone. However the technician will be in on Tuesday.

Pat and I eat lunch, stop at Diego’s and walk to Super Maxi.

We say hello to Renata and Amalaa before taking a cab back to Vilcabamba.

Pat and I walk to Renata’s to pick up an inexpensive phone I had lent her. Renata and Delores join us for dinner at Mama Silvia’s. Stephanie is there having dinner with someone also. The four of us share a mushroom and cheese pizza and a vegetarian pizza. The food and conversation hits the spot.

I wake up inspired with the idea that the police can contact Claro to locate my phone.

The water is still out from yesterday afternoon.

Stephanie and I go to the prosecutors office to file a report for my missing phone. He explains that he cannot enter a lost phone in the police system. I am offered the option to say it was stolen but I didn’t see who it was. I choose to not file the report because if the phone is found the the person could be in trouble. He then shows me the report someone paid the cell phone provider to get. The cell company located the phone and the police retrieved the phone.

My friend messages to ask me if I will go to Cuenca for her. I agree. I pack and stop by Heather’s. I check my computer and my friend discovers the reason for the trip has been delayed. Trip to Cuenca cancelled.

I put off the Loja portion of the trip until tomorrow.

Heather and I talk and catch up.

I walk by Sambuca’s on my way home and there is Stephanie sitting with Katie the film maker. I join them for conversation.