Tough to leave the easy life of cruising - even with 6 am starts, but it was back to the road. We made our connection and had an early flight out of the Galapagos. Another - yes another - small world story - on the flight to Guayaquil I ran into a defence lawyer I used to work with in Calgary. He was with his own group of 16 - they rented their own boat and had a great time as well.Made our way to the Guesthouse in Guayaquil where we had stayed a few weeks pri...

   I'm in South America - only two more continents to go in this Amazing Race. Austrailia and Antartica. Maybe i should just keep heading south on this leg and I will end up in Antartica???? Carolyn and I arrived in Guayaquil Ecuador mid-afternoon, took a taxi to a guesthouse I had written down but not reserved and got their last room. Lucky lucky because it turned out to be really really nice, ok price - $20 each with breakfast, and best of all perfect...