We finally arrived in Ecuador after a 2 day trip from hell, going from San Jose, Costa Rica to Fort Lauderdale to Miami to Quito, Ecuador and finally to Manta. I know it's a strange route but we had originally planned to go back to Canada in September. Because each airline charges for an itinerary change we decided to make the minimum amount of changes to our trip - in hindsight, perhaps not the wisest decision.
First we got lost in one of the less savory parts of San Jose for hours while trying to find our B&B the night before flying back to Florida. After that we decided to rent a GPS in Miami, however, Ken forgot to write down the name of the hotel he booked so we drove around, lost again, while trying to find an internet connection to look it up. Then we missed our flight the next morning due to arriving all of five minutes late for the 2 hour book-in lead time, so we stood around for an hour and a half while they tried to reschedule us while not screwing up our return tickets. We then sat in the Miami airport from 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. waiting for the next flight. This meant we lost the last connection out of Quito to Manta, so we sat around that airport from 8:30 p.m. waiting for a 6:00 a.m. flight. As the Quito airport is about an hour out of town, we didn't want to leave and take a chance on missing our flight to Manta, however, around 4:00 a.m., they announced that the flight had been delayed and we would be leaving at 10:00 a.m. Did I mention that Quito is bloody cold and that the airport has steel seating with unmovable arms and that all the food and beverage stations close up at 8:00 for the night. Oh yeah, and that you can't drink the water.
Anyway, after 2 days of travel and 26 hours of sitting in airports we got here, our luggage arrived safely, the realtor picked us up and took us to buy a few groceries, and we settled in to our condo for a shower and a nap.
Welcome to Ecuador!
First we got lost in one of the less savory parts of San Jose for hours while trying to find our B&B the night before flying back to Florida. After that we decided to rent a GPS in Miami, however, Ken forgot to write down the name of the hotel he booked so we drove around, lost again, while trying to find an internet connection to look it up. Then we missed our flight the next morning due to arriving all of five minutes late for the 2 hour book-in lead time, so we stood around for an hour and a half while they tried to reschedule us while not screwing up our return tickets. We then sat in the Miami airport from 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. waiting for the next flight. This meant we lost the last connection out of Quito to Manta, so we sat around that airport from 8:30 p.m. waiting for a 6:00 a.m. flight. As the Quito airport is about an hour out of town, we didn't want to leave and take a chance on missing our flight to Manta, however, around 4:00 a.m., they announced that the flight had been delayed and we would be leaving at 10:00 a.m. Did I mention that Quito is bloody cold and that the airport has steel seating with unmovable arms and that all the food and beverage stations close up at 8:00 for the night. Oh yeah, and that you can't drink the water.
Welcome to Ecuador!
We also arrived in Ecuador's Quito airport and spent the night gradually growing colder and colder as our butts also became the victims of the hard metal chairs. We arrived in Manta after 26 hours of travel weary, tired, cold and thirsty just like you!
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