Hola everyone,
Greetings from Quito! We arrived here last night as planned, after a long but very smooth day of travel. We left Thompson´s Island pretty early, T´d it over to Logan and everything went pretty much how it was supposed to.
We had about 1.5 hour delay in the miami airport, which was actually quite easy to deal with (for many of us, at least) since it gave us a chance to watch the second half, overtime & ending of the Ghana v Uraguay world cup match. It was quite a scene, with at least 100 people from all over the world cramming into one of the news&candy shops in the terminal stripmall to watch on the flatscreens mounted there. Incredibly dramatic, exciting game, with a group of guys from Ghana, one with a black star buzzed into his hair, living and dying with every passing moment of the match. Very awesome.
So we arrived failry late last night to find our very sweet little hotel, got some sleep, and then today met with our in country agent to go over logisitics, etc. Today´s being spent making plans, making bookings, and doing some wandering around this part of Quito, which seems like a pretty decent city overall. In a fit of irony, we had lunch today in an indian restaurant.
So, tomorrow we head up into the mountains, through Otavalo, for a few days of acclimatizing, then on to our main trek in the Pinan lakes. I have no clue if or when i will be able to post again.
Did I mention that this is a fantastic group of kids? Well, it is. You should be proud of them.
OK then, adios for now.
SL
No comments:
Post a Comment