Arrived here on the 17th and are waiting to fly to Caracus, Venezuala on the 19th.

We arrived in Quito, the Ecuadorian capital on 9th January by air from Lima. We had a nice hotel booked, courtesy of Gap travel who we had booked our Galapagos trip through. The next day we flew to Baltra, one of the Galapagos Islands on an early flight and met our tour group and boat. As we boarded the dingy to get to the boat we were greeted by a group of sea lions spreadeagled out on the public seats by the bay, a sign of things to come. Our boat wasn't t...