Quito Ecuador Policia

A little background is in order. I needed to find the office of one of the international bus companies that operate out of Quito. Normally, when I’m looking for something I have an address. This time I didn’t. All I had was a dot on a map. Usually, that suffices. Get to the neighborhood, show the map around and pretty soon someone sends me right to the place. It’s a system I’ve used before This time it wasn’t working well. Remember, I speak very little Spanish and the neighborhood people speak very little English. In desperation I approached these two guys who were stopped on their motorcycles. They were great. They helped me find the place and because they were with me, the offices opened up when they appeared closed. The manager came out and I found out everything I needed to know as the officers helped me to translate. During all the time I was with them, these guys, who didn’t speak a lot of English, really seemed to take an interest in helping me. I felt like we formed something of a bond and did our part for international relations.