21 hours, 4 planes, and one new friend


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February 21st 2013
Published: February 21st 2013
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Well we made it! No thanks to seemingly unlimited numbers of cranky, rude, and unhappy air canada employees. It was a long day! Complete with 2 de-icings and 3 of 4 delayed flights(any guess which airline). Anyway, our last flight from Lima to Guayaquil was a pleasant surprise. We flew LAN, a South American airline and were surprised to see newer planes, prompt, friendly service, an an overall pleasant experience, our first of the day. We arrived in Guayaquil in time to check into our hostel and go grab some food/a walk. Our room is very large, with I nice balcony and very central. As we were leaving to go eat wfriends nice girl from Japan, Kay. She asked if she could come with us, and as it turned out she had booked the same last two hostels in a row, one here in Guayaquil and one in Galapagos from Japan. Pretty cool coincidence. It also turned out that her husband teaches Art in junior high in japan. A new friend already, we love travel!


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21st February 2013

Skype
Hi Glen & Rosalyn, There seems to be a problem with skype between us. I see where you skyped us @ 8:05 but it didn't ring in here. We were skyping with AnneLee today with no problem so I don't know what the problem is.We did get your phone message from this afternoon though. Sounds like your having a nice experience & making some new friends already. That's great. Hope to get to talk soon, in any case we will follow your blog for updates. Lv Mom & Dad
21st February 2013

the eagles have landed!
Great to hear you've touched the ground. Happy coincidences to boot. You missed another storm day today. Fair trade, no?
21st February 2013

and so it begins...
Hey there, Congrats on breaking ground in your odyssey. Imagine all you friends and colleagues in PEI getting up each morning, shoveling and working all day long...and then ENJOY! I\\\'m sorry we didn\\\'t get a chance to chat before you left...would love to skype with you from you new destination! Looking forward to reading your blog entries! Christina
21st February 2013

Sounds like a great start! Cant wait to read more about your adventures :)
21st February 2013

Glad you made it!
Hope you guys are having a great time. Post lots of photos! Same old same old here on PEI. Storm day for the schools yesterday in anticipation of the storm that never arrived. Maybe Air Canada re-routed it without telling anyone ;) P,B & J

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