Day 1 – 10-17-08 (Friday)
Chickie, we are on our way!!! We left home @ 5:00 a.m. Nathan was with friends and got home @ 4:30 a.m. – he is such a nut. I was dead asleep until I heard the door close. We just had him drop us off, so he wouldn’t have to stay in the airport, since he can’t go past security anyway. From …

Day 2 – 10-18-08 (Saturday)

We were up by 7:30 a.m. and had breakfast at our hotel. Kathryn then took us to the “Tele Furico”,
a cable car 10,000 feet up above Quito, a total of 14,000 feet above sea level. (the taxi to get to “Tele Furico” was $2.50). All of Quito was laid out below us, the view is …

Day 3 10-19-08 (Sunday)

We were up by 6:30 a.m. for breakfast and to be ready for our ride to the airport to head to the Galapagos Islands. Our guide is on time and we head to the airport, our flight was a little later than we thought, so we got to sleep in a little. Kathryn came with us to the airport, but couldn’t go past the security …

Day 4 – 10-20-08 (Monday)

Breakfast was @ 7:00 a.m. Very yummy, this boat is feeding us all of the time (after our time on the beach there were snacks in the dining room when we got back, the entire trip, after a trip to shore there is always snacks waiting on the boat for us). After breakfast we had a dry landing to South Plazas Island, …

Day 5 – 10-21-08 (Tuesday)

Breakfast at 7:00 a.m. then on to the beach at Gardner Island for sun, fun and relaxing at 8:00 a.m. it is very overcast and gloomy; it even started to sprinkle rain before we headed to the beach. We landed on the beach in the middle of a fairly large colony of sea lions. This is a very long white sandy beach …

Day 6 – 10-22-08 (Wednesday)

Breakfast at 7:00 a.m., we landed on Floreana Island by 7:45 a.m. We took a short walk around the island; this island is mainly known for the pink flamingos. There is more soft wonderful sandy beaches to explore. This beach that we are on is a mixture of brown and green flecks. All of the beaches are made …

Day 7 – 10-23-08 (Thursday)

Breakfast @ 7:00 p.m. then disembark to head to the Charles Darwin Institute. We changed our guide here; our guide for the past four days had to pick up a new group (Mario) is our new guide. After about 20 minutes with Mario, we are so glad that we didn’t have him all week long. Carmeilo – our …

Day 8 – 10-24-08 (Friday)

We got up and had breakfast at our hotel then we took a bus ride to Kathryn’s school USFQ (University of San Francisco at Quito). It is a very beautiful campus. The buildings are all old with marble halls, walkways and floors. It is very well maintained and the grounds are amazing. I thought that …

Day 9 – 10-25-08 (Saturday)
Up at 3:30 a.m. to head to the airport. We dropped Kathryn off at her house on the way to the airport, she has a day trip with BCA to cloud city. We had a couple of tears and she will be home soon. She loves Quito, but hates school…it is so much harder than anyone in their group had expected.

So now …