Well, we finally made it. After a very long day on Monday we landed in Lima Peru for the night. As out last connection to Ecuador was cancelled (we kno\ew this time though), TACA put us up at the Sheraton Lima - a beautiful hotel with amazing food. Although we were not there for long, the rest was well appreciated.
Today was another early day as we were picked up at the hotel at 7AM for a 10:50AM flight. After a 2 hr flight, we finally landed in Quito - and to a very pleasant surprise I must say.
Immediately after paying for our taxi to downtown, a very pleasant lady approached me and said "excvuse me senor, are you Steven Latanville?" - This I was not expecting. The lovely lady, her husband and daughter all came to the airport to meet Michael and me because they are the family of Marco - one of the staff who works with me and is from Ecuador originally! They gave us a beautiful leather jewel box and two wool wall handings as a gift. We are hoping to meet them again next week when we return from Otavalo and perhaps have dinner - what a great surprise this was!!!!
Anyway - we are now here in a small cafe doing our first post for our trip. The weather is cloudy, approx. 19C - but very comfortable - NO HUMIDITY!!!! So far no altitude sickness (fingers crossed!!!)
That's about all for now - not very exciting as we have been busy traveling for the last day - but our adventure starts tomorrow when we fly to Cuenca (early in the morning) for 2 days. So stay tuned for more!
Galapagos Islands
15 years ago
I love it when people meet you at the airport! How wonderful is that. There is nothing nicer than having a personal greeting from local friends.
ReplyDeleteDrink lots of fluid (even if you do not feel thirsty), walk easy (no running), eat well even if you have not appetite and get lots of rest. This will help with any adverse altitude symptoms.
Glad to hear you are both safe. The snow is piled high, it minus 10 degrees C (going down to -19C over weekend) so feel free to gloat away! Bastards.
Toda's Connex picture of the day was llamas in the Andes - how appropriate!
Love you wife xo