Well, we finally made it to The Islands. We left Quito at 630am Wednesday, and again had no problems with flight, luggage, etc. (Our good luck continues!). Two staff members from the Station picked us up from the airport, drove us around the local town, which has about 4,000 people, and then we made the ascent to our station. It was about 45 minutes along a rough dirt road (luckily the road was dry - sometimes it is impassable when wet) until we finally got to the station. The station is very nice, we certainly aren´t living in luxury, but i wouldn´t say that we are roughing it either. our room sits in a hill that over looks the pacific.. we´ve got a clear view from the beds which is fantastic to wake up to. however,
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