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!
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