Note: I finished this post about 6 months after our trip. As is often the case, I’m frequently delayed in my writing–sometimes during and almost always after our trips. For our final day in Quito, we planned a fairly relaxing day knowing that we’d be flying back home late in the evening (after midnight). Indeed, […]
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Day #8: Real Quito
Posted in Ecuador on Nov 26th, 2017
Today, we met our guide for the “Real Quito” tour, which was billed by Happy Gringos as more of a look inside the lives of locals. We started with a drive to the Old Town for a fairly extensive walking tour where we explored numerous shops and markets, which was intermixed with explanations of how […]
It’s amazing what a difference a day can make. I woke up this morning uncertain about how I felt about the Galapagos. At its best, it’s thrilling and exhilarating. But, it can also be challenging and frustrating. It’s very isolated, relatively expensive, you’re highly restricted in your movements, and you’re at the mercy of nature. […]
So, Ronald showed up at our door last night around 9pm with the news that our itinerary had been altered. It seems that the seas between Santa Cruz and Sante Fe had been fairly rough the past few days, making our only landing impossible. The new plan was for us to go to Tortuga Bay […]
We left the hotel this morning—albeit with our hotel room’s door unlocked–loaded down with hiking and swim gear for our day trip. We drove under cloudy skies to the north of island where we transferred into the tender for our yacht, Santa Fe III. From there, we navigated north along the western coast of Isla […]