Our final day in the Galapagos was all about getting ready to go back to Quito. We took a final walk along the promenade, said goodbye to the sea lions and started to look forward to getting back to Quito where we remembered a key ingredient to any trip abroad, FAST FOOD.
When we arrived back at our hotel in Quito we made a bee-line for the Burger King about a block away. Here’s my observation about non-US fast food joints. They treat condiments, notably ketchup, like its made of gold. I ordered a quarter pounder with cheese and a large fries. When the nice lady gave it to me I asked for some ketchup, and she reluctantly gave me exactly one packet. One packet! There’s enough ketchup in one packet for maybe three french-fries. I need someone who lives abroad to explain this to me. Not only that, but they sometimes charge you for extra packets. Sander handled this little problem by speaking broken Spanish until they break. He went up to the counter looking for BBQ sauce for his nuggets. As I watched this encounter unfold, I could tell that something was amiss. He was standing there holding up one finger, while the lady was bent over looking at him arms waving, looking like she was desperately trying to convey something to him. When he came back I asked him what was up. “I just got the BBQ sauce for free,” he said. I asked for BBQ sauce, she said ‘32’ and I said, ‘uno.’ She kept saying ‘32’ and I thought she was asking if I wanted 32 BBQ sauces, and so I said I just want ‘uno packets.’ She finally just handed it to me, but the guy behind me said that its normally 32 cents.”
And that’s how we took down the Quito Burger King for 32 cents. I hope we don’t wind up with little pictures of us on the cash register under a “Do not serve” heading.
Kevin got right on our request and had us booked within the week
Linda Cummings
1 day ago
The info on the website was laid out very well. I did some comparisons with other tours and found Adventure Life met a lot of what I wanted in an Antarctica trip at the cheapest price. Requested a quote on Claudia contacted me right away. She answered a lot of questions the I had via email even though she offered to discuss via phone call. I’m more of an email person so appreciated how she accommodated that and answered all my questions. And when I was ready to book, she quickly got the ball rolling with getting our spots reserved on the trip my friend and I wanted. Thanks again, Claudia!
Hazel Araza
1 day ago
(1) great information on the website and throughout all the "materials." (2) Jane Packer is great: knowledgeable, responsive, takes a personal interest and tone, seems to care about the customer as a person not a sale.
Larry Bethune
1 day ago
great people doing a wonderful job to make our voyages happen.
trudy
2 days ago
For our first trip to Costa Rica, Adventure Life designed a tour that meets the interests, ecological and adventure, of our party; but also takes into account our physical limitations sine we are all septuagenarian. We are looking forward to the trip.