Our flight from Baltra Island to Quito was once again
delightful. Even in economy we were treated like first class. Some of the
guests left us at the airport to catch flights to other places like Lima, Peru
to see Machu Pichu. The rest of us boarded buses for the JW Marriott in the
city again.
A shopping excursion was offered when we arrived and Bob
went off to find some coffee to bring back. I stayed in the hotel and caught up
with these blog posts so that I would not forget all the wonderful things we
saw and did.
Celebrity Cruise Line provided a room for a final dinner
complete with a multi-talented musician. We ate as early as possible so that we
could go to bed before nine. We needed to be up at 2:15 a.m. to be ready for
our shuttle to the airport at three.
The shuttle bus was a little smaller than the other buses we
had been on and he took a route we hadn’t used before on our sightseeing and
trips to and from the airport. We wound our way down a street reminiscent of
the crookedest street in San Francisco. There is so much more to Quito than you
can see in a day. This would have been a fun ride if we’d have done it in the
daylight and been able to see this part of town better. There are lots more ways to see the Galapagos than on the Xpedition. It was a choice that we were comfortable with. I sat next to a man on the flight to Houston who had been on a large boat with a group of 36 who explored the islands for five days. A little research and you too could find yourself exploring this wonderful area of our world and wondering how Darwin could have missed the Creator there.
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