For those that travel, and do not have to do so on a tight budget, get DIRECT flights! We had an adventure right away as we had 3 total flights in our first day, with over 16 hours of straight travel in the air and in airports.
We left Phoenix around 6:50 and arrived in Mexico City around 11pm at night.
We left Mexico at 2:15am and arrived in Bogota, Columbia around 630am.
We left Bogota at 845am and arrived in Quito, Ecuador around 11am.
The money saved was well worth it, it just makes for long days of traveling.
We savely navigated each customs/immigration within these countries. A few times, they searched our bags and we thought they might take some of our food or liquids, but furtunately they did not.
Once in Quito, we were picked up by our taxi and taken to our hotel. We checked in and took a two hour nap. Though it was not close to enough to make up for the sleep we missed, we all felt refreshed and toured the city. We found a market of tourist stuff and bought a few things.
For dinner we had some great typical Ecuadorian food. Krystle, Lauren and Rob all had a popular local drink. Rob was the only one to finish it, as Krystle and Lauren both found it a little too foreign for their tastes.
Tomorrow, we awake around 5am to head to our boat and the Galapagos Islands. We will spend 3 or 4 days on this book. I do not believe I will have internet access on the boat, but I will try to post again as soon as possible.
Here we are after arriving safely in Quito, Ecuador.
Here is Krystle and Lauren being silly.
