Frank
Hello, this is Frank.
As the title suggests, I’d like to share an unforgettable experience I had in Ecuador during my days as a trading company employee. This story is also featured on my sister blog, Experts-At-Travel, so if you’re interested in travel-related topics, please check it out as well.
This took place in the early 1980s, when I was on a business trip to Quito, the capital of the Republic of Ecuador. Back then, sending a telegram from a hotel to our head office in Japan was extremely expensive. So, in accordance with company policy, I would go out of my way to the city’s central telegraph office to send messages.
There were no convenient communication tools like email at the time, which made things quite difficult.
One night, around midnight, I took a taxi to the telegraph office. After sending the message and stepping out the front entrance, I found that the taxi had vanished. Before leaving, the driver had insisted on being paid in advance, saying he wouldn’t go otherwise. I reluctantly agreed, assuring him it would only take a few minutes—but as I feared, he disappeared without a trace.
It was the middle of the night, and there were no taxis in sight. Left with no choice, I began walking back toward the hotel through the pitch-black streets. It was a 20- to 30-minute walk, and I couldn’t help but think, “This might be bad.” About ten minutes in, just as I began descending a hill, a searchlight suddenly beamed straight at me.
I caught a glimpse of what looked like a rifle and instinctively shouted, “¡Japonés! ¡Soy Japonés!” (“Japanese! I’m Japanese!”). A large soldier rushed over and sternly asked, “What are you doing here? This area has a high rate of murders—it’s the most dangerous part of the city.” To ensure my safety, they kindly gave me a ride back to the hotel in their jeep.
Although Quito is located right on the equator, its position high in the Andes Mountains at 2,850 meters above sea level means the nights can get quite cold. In that brief moment when I had a gun pointed at me, I honestly thought, “This is it.”
Even now, I can never forget that freezing night when fear crept into the core of my being.
If you’re interested in Ecuador, I highly recommend this book:
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