Day 1 of 40

Well, we left from Huntingdon at midnight and picked up michelle around 12:50. We made it to Dulles by 4:00 AM and had plenty of time until our flight, which left at 6:43. The first flight was long, loud and miserable. 4.5 hours of babies crying, nothing to rest my head on, nodding off and waking up constantly, and The Spyderwick Chronicles (???). The only good part was the food. Luckily the flight attendant woke me up with her thick accent, "Enchiladas, pancakes!" I chose the pancakes, which came with bacon, syrup, and fresh fruit. I was not disappointed. We finally landed in Panama City and had to wait about an our to board our flight to Quito. That flight went very fast and we were in Ecuador before we knew it. I actually saw the Pacific ocean!! I was a little worried about immigration and customs, but we flew through both, got all of our luggage, and were greeted at the terminal by two ladies that are in charge of our orientation. We took a mini bus to the hotel, Hotel Republica, and got a few tidbits of information on the way. Apparently the temperature can go from 20 degrees to 75 degrees and back down to 20 in a given day. Don't forget to throw in the afternoon rain! That's what it's doing right now. Luckily, the hotel has FREE wifi, so that I could inform everyone about my safe arrival and update the blog. This first set of photos isn't that interseting, but hopefully you enjoy them anyway. I'm sure I'll have lots more tomorrow. !Hasta entonces!