Saturday, February 21, 2009

We've arrived in Guayaquil! 2/21

Well, it took quite an effort but we're in Ecuador! We started the day in a blinding snowstorm and finally got to O'Hare. We waited 25 minutes for the people mover to function and arrived just in time to miss the 6:00a.m. flight. We were assigned to the standby list for the next flight and got on that flight and out of Chicago after a 1 hour weather related delay. When we arrived in Miami we went to the rooftop of the Miami Internatonal Hotel to enjoy some time at the pool. Imagine our surprise when we found that it had been closed 6 years ago:

Rich Rediker had told us to go up to the roof of the hotel to relax and have a drink and some lunch while we waited for the "East Coast Crew" to arrive. We all had quite a laugh when they arrived at 3:00!

Here's the view of the sunset at Miami just before we had ANOTHER 1 hour delay (equipment malfunction on the plane).


We arrived at Guayaquil at about 12:15a.m. and got to the hotel with no problems around 12:45. Time enough for a quick rest and up at 6:00 (later this morning for our flight to the Galapagos. We're glad to be here - it could have been much worse!
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2009 at 6:52 AM

    Well, they say good things come to those who wait, so maybe this is the best thing that could happen at the beginning of a trip. Have a wonderful time - looking forward to updates!!

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  2. Linda B.February 22, 2009 at 6:55 AM

    I could only get the first post to show under "Anonymous" for some reason, but it's me, your sister.....

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM

    Well, we're glad you made it somehow. I think I'll save the cab driver's phone number for you next time. The pool looks like it would have been nice at one time. Kay has a real nice graphic from flight tracker of the flight we thought you guys were on. Keep the photos coming! Have fun and stay safe!

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