Ecuadorian customs...

Hello there. An update from Quito airport whilst we (still) await the bikes. We flew in Tue 21/7 without trouble and were in the hotel within an hour of arrival. We had located the freight carrier by Thu who confirmed "Estan aqui" (they are here) to our relief. Since then we´ve been involved in a (currently) endless exploration of Ecuadorian customs-clearance procedures. We´ve got a scary but efficent local agent doing the legwork, but since Thu have been waiting for the big Customs chief to sign off their release. It´s all v. tedious, but an introduction to how things work elsewhere in the world and how we could have prepared better for the process with more thorough paperwork ourselves. We´ll post further once the bikes are with us (Enshallah).