Mind Your Head

"Mind Your Head." This was the sign that read when we exited the ship. Brock was walking out as a guy with a heavy accent mumbled, "Mind your head." Brock was looking back at him asking him what he had said when he found himself on the ground because he had run right into the top part of the doorway. That's a funny saying..."mind your head." It seems like it should be shouted and more like "Watch out!"

Brock has always stood out in his 6'4" frame, but in Ecuador, he was like a giant! He towered over everyone. When we entered Ecuador for the first time in the airport, there were a hundred people waiting for other passengers to come in. When Brock walked out, every single head turned and watched him as if he were a celebrity or a freak of nature or something. It went that way most of the time. We tried to buy him some clothes, but everything was too small. He found some shoes that he liked there, but Brock is a size 13 or 14. Their shoe sizes in Ecuador stops at size 9.

Also, the guys there don't grow facial hair. Brock insisted on not shaving the whole time he was on vacation, so by the time he got to Ecuador, he was sporting quite a beard. This one little boy kept touching it. He was fascinated by his beard.


Everywhere Brock went he had to duck.


I guess he learned how to "mind his head" on this trip.


To put this in perspective, I'm 5'2" and most guys like the one to my right in this picture were my height.


He towered above everyone...even guys! These guys thought that he was Kurt Cobain back from the dead I guess.


These guys mobbed Brock in the market.


Brock REALLY looks tall compared to the children. These boys are laughing because Brock told them, "Me llamo gringo" which means "My name is white person." They thought that was hilarious!


This was the boy who kept touching Brock's beard.