We got up at 7.30 this morning, feeling quite sad that we would be flying home later today. A lot of our fellow travellers had already departed for home last night (and even on Sunday night), so there were only four of us left now. We enjoyed a delicious breakfast in the Bistro Latino one…
Tag: Ecuador
Hummingbirds and Butterflies
Got up at seven o’clock and made our way to the Bistro Latino restaurant downstairs for a delicious breakfast washed down with good hot Ecuadorian coffee. Outside, the weather was cloudy but fairly warm. There were 12 of us who had booked for this day-long tour, and we boarded the bus around 8.00am and set…
Middle of the World
Because we were still on British time, we awoke several times in the night, and at 6.00am (which felt like midday) we decided to get up. Outside, day was breaking and the weather felt cool and refreshing. The wet ground indicated we’d had some rain overnight. I took an invigorating shower while Trevor got to…
KLM to Quito
Time again for another adventure in far-away lands, a once-in-a-lifetime voyage of discovery and enrichment, sailing in the wake of the Beagle and naturalist and biologist Charles Darwin. We had been booked for this trip for over a year and now the day had come at last. We are going to spend a couple of…