Bob “PiranCafe” and Miguelito/Galapagos Turtle/Ecuador
(Oops! Slow internet and power outages can frustrate one’s day, and both contributed to this post that was anxious to leap from the starting gate. The Preview and Publish buttons are too close together when one is working on a mini laptop! After the false start, it took another half hour to return to the edit page! For the next hour, I failed at uploading any new images. I resumed, worked with archive photos, and then the ‘Publish’ function would not work! And then the page wouldn’t open. And the email wouldn’t work. Hobbling along, I”m hopeful to send this now! . . . Shall we continue?)
My father once stated, “Imagine how empty your life would be if no one called or came by.”
Every so often those words of wisdom echo back during specific moments, usually when society interrupts my day one time too many, and then I remember his words and am honored to have people in my life who care. On rare occasions my antennae tweak toward others when their usual habits suddenly change, which is what’s happened with Bob.
Bob Ramsak, our WP globe-trotting reporter, started his 18-month round-the-world journey in January 2013. Working his way north north north from the tip of Argentina to the equator, (@Week 18!) he is now somewhere in Central America between Boquete Panama and Costa Rica.
Bob meeting Miguelito, a Galapagos turtle in Bahia de Caraquez.
I’m talking about Bob, who schedules drafts to publish when he is in transit… Bob, who has been publishing shots of daily newspaper stands. Bob, who updates his location more promptly than a Timex! Bob, who was supposed to leave Boquete last week and is still ‘pending’ (Top right on his homepage.) there in Boquete!
Inquiring minds want to know: Bob, are you going to choke me for my concern, or will you remind yourself that I care and hope that you’re ok?!! Hopefully you’re out there and will approve of this post and the music!
Bob at lookout – Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador
Sisters Vania and ‘Silvana escort Bob via trek to the petite village of Amacora Ecuador.
Stepping back in time. Amacora Ecuador
Here’s Bob’s weekly recap from the time he spent along the line of the equator: Bootleg Barbies, Inauguration, Monsanto, Coolest Floor in the World.
Bob’s visit to the Riverhouse and the Magic Carpet Hand-painted Floor!
Bob had plans to meet friends and family in Costa Rica, so I hope he’s tied up with reunions; it still seems odd that he hasn’t posted an update.
Have any of you heard from him this past week? A tweet, a like, a reply to a comment? I’m considering firing up the flying carpet and starting a search party.
Z
Zeebra Designs & Destinations 
nada aqui’.. Besides the internet, we’ve been having issues with WP.. click preview or save draft and half the post disappears and toss a coin if the “like” button works. let us know if you hear from Bob..hope his puter didn’t crash..yikes !
On your drafts, you have two options – the visual or text.. i copy from the text and paste it to a word document if i cannot get it to the preview page(if i don’t goof and hit publish instead!)
We should probably all do that to every single post if we want to be sure to have backup copies.
That’s not an option for me until late at night. It has taken all day to write this post.. i love being home on the river, but I don’t love this very poor service!
I will certainly do a follow-up post. Thanks! Z
Wow what a view in that top picture. Hoping you can hear from Bob soon
yes, that’s quite the lookout/view and is popular with locals and tourists.
bob emailed tonight, and he’s been pretty sick but is recovering! thanks!
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He’s coming to Ometepe mid July. I was a little worried about Bob, too because I haven’t heard from him. I’ll go on a scouting trip with my blogging friends who live in Boquete. Just remember, “No news is good news.”
hey! i almost wrote you a few days ago to see if you’d heard from him… then i didn’t want to be an alarmist. it’s odd that he’s not posted any tweets – he is totally off the grid.. if the computer’s down, he would probably log on via cyber cafe….
hopefully by morning he will be online and smiling from the attention?
z
he wrote from sjo (i think) and has been sick, i think for most of june from something he most likely ate in columbia. he should post an update in a few days when he’s stronger.
z
I do hope Bob checks in. I wonder/worry too when I don’t hear from bloggers for awhile.
Usually there’s a very good story to go with mysteries like this, and I hope that Bob has lots to share with us.
🙂
he’s now in costa rica and recovering from an illness. he should be posting soon.
Your intuition that all was not well was right.
for him to be so ill that he hasn’t changed ‘panama’ to ‘costa rica” tells me that he has been very ill, and though better, he is still weak.
did you know if there are somebody familiar in his blog, I mean maybe a family member of him.
hey amiga
no.. i have no contact info… even his twitter account is atypical… maybe he’s climbing chirripo – costa rica’s highest point, but he should have had internet options for updates and his weekly summary…
hopefully he’ll appear soon.
I´m checking his facebook, but I have not find nothing yet…. I guess we just have to wait
ah.. i’ll bet you find some of his close friends/family through that connection. thanks, amiga!
are you working on part two from your last post?
yes I am I found a lady with Bob last name RAmsak…. I just send her a message…. Asking her about Bob…… I hope to get some news.
buen trabajo!|
Bob will be so flattered that he caused this wave of concern. I’m optimistic that all is well.
i just laughed out loud.. thanks! silvana has her feelers out as well! we’re going to have to prompt him into inventing a tale if his isn’t a good one…
he’s in san josje/CR where a doctor is helping him return to the land of the living! he thinks it was foodborne illness from columbia.
Wow, I knew nothing about Bob or his blog or his journey. Pretty cool. I hope Bob is okay!
Hugs from Cuenca,
Kathy
Z, your father was right. Thanks for sharing your guests with us. All the best, BTG