BPB met us after a run. After breakfast, we found an outfitter. Chris negotiated a ride on the back of a local taxi (aka open air pick-up truck).
We hiked (painfully) down to a beautiful waterfall.
The we hiked up (also painfully for some of us…) back to our “ride.” 
Grabbed our bags, lunch and caught the bus back to Quito.
Chris packed her stuff, returned to the apartment for a shower and returned with a bag of stuff for us to bring home with us. We had a delightful dinner at a Japanese restaurante at the Swisshotel. We had a sad good-bye to Chris (although she will be home in about 3 ½ weeks). We finished packing and went to bed knowing we had a 4am wake-up call.
Day 8 (Sunday 11/25/2007)
The taxi arrived at 4:30. We made it easily to the airport & got through all the checkpoints.
Because of an airline incident a couple of weeks ago, there was still a plane at the end of the runway, so we were going to have to make a refueling stop in Panama, so we know up front that there world be a delay. We boarded the plane, pushed back from the gate and waited. We finally took off for Panama, landed and again waited. (Efficient fueling is not their strong point.) By the time we got to Houston, we had missed our connecting flight. We attempted to get on the next flight to no avail. By the time we got home it was 11:30 p.m. CST – or 12:30 a.m. according to our body clock. And Brian had a 2+ hour drive to Champaign. Lauren graciously waited to drive down with Brian and the two of them got to Champaign after 2 a.m. Monday morning. For Brian Patrick, it was a 23 hour day.
Post Script- Day 10 & 11 – Tuesday – Christina’s grandparents (Opah & Nana) arrived for a visit. On Tuesday
they all visited Otavalo (with their own driver!) and Wednesday they explored Quito. Christina was extremely well fed with them!!
Grabbed our bags, lunch and caught the bus back to Quito.
Chris packed her stuff, returned to the apartment for a shower and returned with a bag of stuff for us to bring home with us. We had a delightful dinner at a Japanese restaurante at the Swisshotel. We had a sad good-bye to Chris (although she will be home in about 3 ½ weeks). We finished packing and went to bed knowing we had a 4am wake-up call.
Day 8 (Sunday 11/25/2007)
The taxi arrived at 4:30. We made it easily to the airport & got through all the checkpoints.
Because of an airline incident a couple of weeks ago, there was still a plane at the end of the runway, so we were going to have to make a refueling stop in Panama, so we know up front that there world be a delay. We boarded the plane, pushed back from the gate and waited. We finally took off for Panama, landed and again waited. (Efficient fueling is not their strong point.) By the time we got to Houston, we had missed our connecting flight. We attempted to get on the next flight to no avail. By the time we got home it was 11:30 p.m. CST – or 12:30 a.m. according to our body clock. And Brian had a 2+ hour drive to Champaign. Lauren graciously waited to drive down with Brian and the two of them got to Champaign after 2 a.m. Monday morning. For Brian Patrick, it was a 23 hour day.Post Script- Day 10 & 11 – Tuesday – Christina’s grandparents (Opah & Nana) arrived for a visit. On Tuesday
they all visited Otavalo (with their own driver!) and Wednesday they explored Quito. Christina was extremely well fed with them!! 
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