This Quito is very much quieter than the one we visited at the beginning and midway of this adventure. The streets are bare and quiet. Most citizens have gathered up their families and headed west to the beaches on the Pacific Coast to observe and celebrate 4 days of an annual holiday. We touched down in Guayaquil on our way back from Galapagos and as we were coming in we observed more than 10 different European style tour buses filled with vacationers. We can still hear the beat of the ever present music emanating from various restaurants and nightclubs near our hotel. As we have met more and more Ecuadorians it is evident that Latin music, dancing and music are enjoyed from a very early age. Last night we participated in a farewell dinner with all of our fellow travellers but 2 who fly off tomorrow when we do. We slept in until 0730 this morning which was very different than the bustle of all days on tour! After a leisurely breakfast we meandered the streets browsing and taking even more photos although the machine gun armed guard beside the casino smilingly declined a request to have his photo taken. We considered geocaching but given our extreme limitations with the language and the distance to the caches from our hotel (plus the fact that we have found in Ecuador) we changed our plans.
Tomorrow we rise at 0330 and head to the airport for a jaunt to Houston and an overnight stay with another early rise and several flights home – with our smelly laundry! J J
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