OK, so here it is. We leave Davis, CA at 8:00pm June 16th via a BUS to the Oakland airport. Our flight departs at 1:35am, June 17 and arrive in San Salvador at 8:00am where we catch an 8:40am flight arriving in San Jose Costa Rica at 9:55am and finally catching a 10:25 flight arriving in Guayaquil, Ecuador at 3:10pm. Ummmmm, OK I am really trying to keep all this in perspective.
We depart for the Galapagos Islands June 22. Lisa has an open water swim on the 23rd, then we'll have four days to visit various Islands and the Darwin Center from June 24-27.
We leave the Islands and head to Quito on June 28th and have a few days to explore the highlands of Ecuador.
Our journey home begins July 2 flying out of Quito, Ecuador at 2:15pm and go through the same familiar airports as we arrived and finally arrive in San Francisco July 3 at 12:20am. Back on the bus and arrive in Davis ?? full of photos and posts from our trip.
Well regardless as Lisa's post states we are all getting really excited about this trip. It is about the journey ya know!
Pre-trip excitement
Woohoo, we are getting excited. We'll be visiting 2 cities in Ecuador plus visiting 4 islands in the Galapagos archipelego. Our first stop is Guayaquil which is Ecuador's largest city (3 million people) and their main port town. I in particular am excited about seeing the Botanical Gardens and Parque Bolivia - it has tame iguanas - yipee! I will be spending a few hours swimming, getting ready for the swim meet here. Yikes, meets make me so nervous.
From Guayaquil we fly to the Galapagos - Santa Cruz island where we'll stay for about 8 days. We'll take boat trips to three neighbor islands including Isabella, Seymour and Florena. I can't wait to send pictures from here. I will also be swimming an open water swim in the islands - go ahead and ask me if I'm nervous - I am really nervous. I have been assured that it will be "safe" and along the shore...yipes! I'm not planning on going fast at all, just keeping close to my teammates so I'm with a group! I am hopeful that the water will be clear and warm!
We end our trip with 3 days in Quito - an old town high up in the Andes. I've always wanted to go to the Andes (and Tierra del Fuego but that's too far south) so this should be very cool. I am hoping to drag the kids on a hike in the mountains at least for one day.Of course we'll spend time in Otalvalo a small town famous for it's colorful market.
I hope you all enjoy our posts and be sure to post something too, especially if you've been to the places we're going and there are things that we must not miss!
Chris is in charge of posting pictures as we bought a nice new camera in honor of this trip. So watch for them to come soon!
Adios amigos!
From Guayaquil we fly to the Galapagos - Santa Cruz island where we'll stay for about 8 days. We'll take boat trips to three neighbor islands including Isabella, Seymour and Florena. I can't wait to send pictures from here. I will also be swimming an open water swim in the islands - go ahead and ask me if I'm nervous - I am really nervous. I have been assured that it will be "safe" and along the shore...yipes! I'm not planning on going fast at all, just keeping close to my teammates so I'm with a group! I am hopeful that the water will be clear and warm!
We end our trip with 3 days in Quito - an old town high up in the Andes. I've always wanted to go to the Andes (and Tierra del Fuego but that's too far south) so this should be very cool. I am hoping to drag the kids on a hike in the mountains at least for one day.Of course we'll spend time in Otalvalo a small town famous for it's colorful market.
I hope you all enjoy our posts and be sure to post something too, especially if you've been to the places we're going and there are things that we must not miss!
Chris is in charge of posting pictures as we bought a nice new camera in honor of this trip. So watch for them to come soon!
Adios amigos!
Setting up the travel blog
Well we finally decided to document a family vacation using a blog. Now you all know that Lisa will be blogging, but I hope that the girls and myself get our thoughts in as well using a blog.
As you all know we are going the Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands with Lisa's swim team. Lisa will actually be competing with her fellow teammates against a South American team. We'll keep you all posted on the results don't worry. Yes, so there are about 60 people going! I know what you are thinking, but hey we didn't have to do one bit of planning and the whole trip was dirt cheap. We couldn't pass this one up.
So we depart for Ecuador June 17th and everyone is starting to get excited. Myself included until I saw the itinerary (once you see that you'll see what I mean). It is a trip of a lifetime so who cares about departure time, right? More to come...
As you all know we are going the Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands with Lisa's swim team. Lisa will actually be competing with her fellow teammates against a South American team. We'll keep you all posted on the results don't worry. Yes, so there are about 60 people going! I know what you are thinking, but hey we didn't have to do one bit of planning and the whole trip was dirt cheap. We couldn't pass this one up.
So we depart for Ecuador June 17th and everyone is starting to get excited. Myself included until I saw the itinerary (once you see that you'll see what I mean). It is a trip of a lifetime so who cares about departure time, right? More to come...
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