Bye-Bye Galápagos

Trip Start Oct 16, 2007
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Trip End May 09, 2008


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Where I stayed
Galápagos Voyager
(Puerto Ayora hotels)

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Today was our last day on the Galápagos Islands, very sad!  We left the Galápagos Voyager at 7am, and transferred to the airport on Baltra Island with just a quick stop at the Twin Craters on Santa Cruz Island.  Here it was time to say goodbye to our guide and check into our flight to Quito.  Unfortunately the airport in Guayaquil was closed, so our flight was delayed.   We were pretty wiped out and felt funny, like we were land-sick, as our bodies missed the rocking motion of the boat.  Two hours later, we finally left Baltra and flew back to Quito.   We were happy that it wasn't as cold as the week before...but when we arrived in the Old City it was raining quite hard. Yuck.  The hotel room was pretty icy cold too, double yuck.

The next day we just did some errands.  We had a whole bag of laundry but since it was Sunday, no laundry service was open anywhere!  We walked around the city for a bit carrying the big bag asking people on the street if they knew of a laundry place that was open Leaving Galá¡pagos Voyager
Leaving Galá¡pagos Voyager
 .  Guess when 94% of the population is Catholic, there is no laundry service on Sundays!

We also had to look for some warm clothing since we are going to Cotopaxi on Monday.  The front desk at our hotel told us to go to an area just up Chile Street from the Presidential Palace.   There he said we would find clothing BBB: Bueno-Bonito-Barato (good, nice & cheap).  We managed to find fleece jackets really cheap, along with a hat & some gloves.   We were super happy to get some warm clothes. Frank was also long due for a haircuit, and he got one where the locals go. It was the fastest and cheapest ($1) haircut he ever got.

Many streets in the Old City were closed to vehicle traffic today which was really nice.   There were lots of people coming and going to churches, and also there were performances going on in various plazas around the Old City.  We caught part of a dance performance by a group from Bolivia in the Palacio Arzobispal and also some theatre acts in front of the Presidential palace. 
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