Punto Ahuano- 8:50 PM Today was a day of extremes, weather wise. We started the day out at the hot springs resort. Mimi went on a hike this morning at 6:30 but I chose to sleep in. I ended up waking up a little after 7:30. We got up and had a breakfast buffet. I've been enjoying having eggs every morning and the fresh fruit has been awesome, too. We got on the bus and left around 8:45. It was probably in the low 50's when we left. We were leaving an elevatio...

Otavalo/Papallacta- 9:12 PM Thank goodness the hotel gave us warm water bottles for our beds! It was cold in our little cabana last night once the fire went out. I only woke up once during the night so our 6:30 am wake up call wasn't so bad. We got dressed and put our luggage out. We then headed to the restaurant for breakfast. It was so nice to be able to eat and enjoy the scenery of the lake and the mountains. We ate breakfast with the three teacher friends ...

Quito/Otavalo- 5:24 PM I woke up around 2:30 this morning. I had that weird feeling of not remembering where I was. I was also hungry! I figured 2:30 was too early for breakfast (even though the restaurant opened at 2:00.) I stayed awake about an hour and then I went back to sleep and woke up when my alarm went off at 7:00. I had packed my suitcase last night so all I had to do was get dressed and get my luggage outside the door at 7:45 so it could be picked up...

Quito- 7:54 PM So we finally made it! Compared to my travels in Southeast Asia last summer, the flights to get here didn't seem too bad. The flight from SFO to Mexico City was pretty uneventful. There were a couple of crying kids, of course, but luckily none of them were behind me, thankfully. The sound didn't work on my headphones so I read on my Kindle. We got in about an hour later than expected. After getting our bags and going through customs, we still ...