Last day of vacation and fly home.

We had a farewell dinner at a restaurant / museum. First was a tour of the antiquities, then we we ushered into the gift shop. No one bought a thing. We were hungry and tired. We then had dinner in a room with snake skins on the wall.
The next day our group left for the US at four different times. Jack and I flew at 7:30 PM We hired a guide with one other couple for a day tour. First we started our at a museum of a famous Ecuadorian artist, Guayasamin. Very strange art. Deformed bodies and ugly people. We went to a spot at the top of the city to look at the view. Then was a tour of a garden. The guide suggested a wonderful place for lunch. She took us back to the hotel at 3:00. We checked out at 4:00. Waited for the bus to take us to the airport at 4:45. The flight left on time and that is the end of one fantastic vacation.

Overlooking Quito.


Guide at garden. She talk and talked telling us everything about all the plants.















Jack was very happy with our guide today.


40% of the people own cars. They prefer Chevy and Kia which are both made in Ecuador. Because there are so many cars on the road, certain days you can not drive your car according to the number on your license plate. Our guide could not drive on Thursday.
She sends the children to private school as do most of the people. The public schools are bad. Many private schools are not too costly. In the country there are only public schools. School hours are 7:00--1:00. The kids go to her Mother's house until she gets home from work. A big lunch will be at 1:30. Lunch is the main meal. Soup, rice and meat. They eat very little for dinner. Often a cup of coffee and a banana! So the next time I invite you for dinner, it will be coffee, fruit and a cracker. No wonder I did not see any obese people here.
I was surprised at how different the people from Peru and Ecuador look. The standard of living in Ecuador is nice. Peru is very poor. I will have to get used to not caring toilet paper in my pocket. And drinking water from anywhere. In Peru we were nervous about the food. Sometimes my stomach would churn and I would wonder if I'm getting food poisoning. But we all stayed pretty well. There was no problem with food in Ecuador. We could eat the fruit and vegetables. I am looking forward to a good cup of coffee, decaf.

Location:Quito, Ecaudo