SECURITY, SECURITY!

Isaac returns from Ecuador with tales of waterfalls and iguanas and a claim that Ecuadorians use ketchup on 70% of their food. (Even ceviche? I ask. Isaac doesn’t know since he and his dad did not eat any ceviche.) I hope to research this condiment finding of Isaac’s in the next year or two when, if things go according to plan, we will go to the Galápagos.

Isaac brings gifts, a lovely Panama hat for me, sweets for the women who work at the front desk, a long walking stick for himself. The walking stick is wrapped in plastic. As Isaac unwraps it, I ask his dad how they were able to take this on the plane with him given recent security developments. He isn’t sure. This thing is a veritable club. It’s made of hard wood. And thank goodness security didn’t unwrap the thing. It’s a totem of sorts, with what look like shrunken heads and a few real teeth. Not human, I trust. And this tribal dude is not smiling. Anyway, Isaac and his dad had to throw out their toothpaste but they could bring this bizarre club on board with them? That is not reassuring.

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