Wednesday 31 August 2011

Back to Quito

A sad farewell to the crew and the friends we made on the Letty. They had us packed up and off the boat by 8am and we wondered around their small history and environmental museum.
There was an exhibition on the natural resources, recycling etc and they had on display these recycled art projects made by the local community school. Great idea for a school project.





We wondered around the St Christobel main street and harbour and did a bit of last minute shopping and looked at the news. Earthquake and hurricane on the east coast of the States, Apple CEO resigned, Market plummet, opposition leader of Canada dies, Gaddafi deposed. Goodness so much happened in the world whilst we were "off the grid".
Air flight the reverse of the way we came with a stop in Guayaquil to offload passengers and then climbing up to Quito with a sad farewell to fellow passengers from the boat who were all going different ways in Quito.
Was delighted to see our guide Antonio who returned us to the same hotel. How times have changed, when we normally travel we are rather gung-ho in organising ourselves and finding our own way but it is so reassuring to have someone to take responsibility for you.
We took a $2 taxi to a recommended restaurant and Trevor ate a massive T-bone steak which he declared the best ever. No alcohol sold in restaurants on Sundays.


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