We woke up at 3:30 am to make sure we caught our flight at 6. Needless to say, I was tired. We had to annoyingly fly from Boston to Cincinnati to Atlanta and then Quito. I tried working my magic on the Delta associates so we could fly later in the day direct to ATL buuuut I was only able to waive the change fee, not the difference in fare which was almost $300 each. So thats why we had to get up at 3:30 am.
The flights were normal and the layovers were long. I tried sleeping in the airport in the corner but it was too cold and I can't sleep in weird places like I used to when I was in college.
In ATL we met up with my parents and Jake and Jean. This was the whole group for the first part of the trip. We were going to get into Quito and then try really hard to see as much as we could in our overnight layover. Then our flight was delayed an hour (now arriving at 12:30 am) and many of us were feeling under the weather (me included). This was going to be a struggle.
I tried to sleep for the whole flight but probably only napped for a total of 30 minutes. Thats how sleeping on an airplane works for me. But any kind of rest helps!
We got into Quito super late, grabbed our bags and looked for my name on a whiteboard. We had a van service organized through our AirBnb host (who was amazing!) to take us to our apartment.
Extremely tired, we arrived at our place around 1:45 am to our friendly hosts who helped us get settled and answer all our questions. Finally after 2 am (and almost 24 hours that I had been up), we passed out and set our alarms for 8am.
Only the most dedicated get up and out to explore a city for a few hours before catching a plane. My dad, Jake, Ty and I left the apartment to walk around and explore Quito. We wandered the streets, stopped in to a very hipster coffee shop and saw some beautiful churches. I also stepped in dog poop, twice, that morning... It was everywhere! So many stray dogs!
We then had a quick breakfast before heading back to the airport to finish our journey to the Galapagos.
(Above: One of the beautiful churches in Quito. Right: Quito views)
While waiting for our flight, I was able to successfully order a vegetarian lunch (in Spanish) and scrape most of the dog scat off my shoe in the bathroom...
The flight to the Galapagos included more "trying-to-nap" napping and a little turbulence and then the pilot announced that we were about to land. Looking out the window we saw beautiful blue waters and small islands popping out of the ocean.
Whenever I land in a new, exciting place, I always get sentimental. What an amazing opportunity this is to be landing in the friggin Galapagos. How is my life so awesome that I get to be HERE right now? What amazing adventures lay ahead?! Its always that moment right before the wheels hit the ground and you can still see pretty far from the plane in the sky. Wow. How incredible is it to be landing in this place, right now...
The flights were normal and the layovers were long. I tried sleeping in the airport in the corner but it was too cold and I can't sleep in weird places like I used to when I was in college.
In ATL we met up with my parents and Jake and Jean. This was the whole group for the first part of the trip. We were going to get into Quito and then try really hard to see as much as we could in our overnight layover. Then our flight was delayed an hour (now arriving at 12:30 am) and many of us were feeling under the weather (me included). This was going to be a struggle.
I tried to sleep for the whole flight but probably only napped for a total of 30 minutes. Thats how sleeping on an airplane works for me. But any kind of rest helps!
We got into Quito super late, grabbed our bags and looked for my name on a whiteboard. We had a van service organized through our AirBnb host (who was amazing!) to take us to our apartment.
Extremely tired, we arrived at our place around 1:45 am to our friendly hosts who helped us get settled and answer all our questions. Finally after 2 am (and almost 24 hours that I had been up), we passed out and set our alarms for 8am.
Only the most dedicated get up and out to explore a city for a few hours before catching a plane. My dad, Jake, Ty and I left the apartment to walk around and explore Quito. We wandered the streets, stopped in to a very hipster coffee shop and saw some beautiful churches. I also stepped in dog poop, twice, that morning... It was everywhere! So many stray dogs!We then had a quick breakfast before heading back to the airport to finish our journey to the Galapagos.
(Above: One of the beautiful churches in Quito. Right: Quito views)
While waiting for our flight, I was able to successfully order a vegetarian lunch (in Spanish) and scrape most of the dog scat off my shoe in the bathroom...
The flight to the Galapagos included more "trying-to-nap" napping and a little turbulence and then the pilot announced that we were about to land. Looking out the window we saw beautiful blue waters and small islands popping out of the ocean.
Whenever I land in a new, exciting place, I always get sentimental. What an amazing opportunity this is to be landing in the friggin Galapagos. How is my life so awesome that I get to be HERE right now? What amazing adventures lay ahead?! Its always that moment right before the wheels hit the ground and you can still see pretty far from the plane in the sky. Wow. How incredible is it to be landing in this place, right now...
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