Friday, December 05, 2003

Ok so I write something positive about an airline and then they break down on the runway and we´re stranded in Santiago for 2 hours...ho hum. Well anyway we´ve arrived in Quito and appeared to have landed on our feet in a big way. We were picked up by a really nice chap who is the great-nephew of the lady we are staying with, whose daughter owns the travel agency we´ve booked the Galapagos with. Confused about family ties, well we were until she got the photos out over brekkie and explained who everyone is. Her house is beautiful, we have cable, our own bathroom, own tabel and chairs and fridge, it´s like living in a palace...we found out this morning that her husband (who died 5 years ago) was a consul/diplomat, hence the beautiful house, furniture and surroundings. We managed to ascertain that they spent a few years in Paris, and thus we have found a mutual language, although mine is rustier than hers...

We met up with Latin-Tours today and any fears we had (very minor) were immediately expunged, they are so friendly. The boat looks even more amazing in their brochure than it does online...to say we are excited would be an understatement...

Just spending the day relaxing and wandering around Quito. They are in the middle of their biggest festival of the year here so it gets to be a ´lock your daughter up´scenario at night apaprently. There are loads of people going round on big ´party´ buses. I hoipe the driver isn´t as pissed as the passengers. They were already leathered at 11 this morning...

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