Travel days rarely go according to plan, but this one took the cake. After a flight cancellation delayed my departure from Quito, I found myself stranded in the airport well past midnight—groggy, frustrated, and desperate for sleep. The wooden benches near the entrance weren’t exactly five-star accommodations, but they’d do. As I laid down, IContinue reading “06JAN2022 – DAY 1: THE AIRPORT ANXIETY”
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05JAN2022 – DAY 17: THE DEPARTURE
Journey To Cajas Awakening to the sound of my alarm, the sunlight peeking through the window coaxed me out of bed. Up and ready, I did a final look around the room to make sure I didn’t forget anything and then hurried on down the hallway to the lobby restaurant to fuel up for theContinue reading “05JAN2022 – DAY 17: THE DEPARTURE”
01JAN2022 – DAY 13: THE NEW YEAR’S GOODBYE
New Year’s excitement kept me up for longer than I’d expected so I only got 3hrs of sleep. Morning rolled around and I got up just after 6:00am to take in one final sunrise view from the Galapagos before the inevitable farewell. The streets were pretty empty but you could tell a massive celebration tookContinue reading “01JAN2022 – DAY 13: THE NEW YEAR’S GOODBYE”
27DEC2021 – DAY 8: THE TRANSFER (GO GO GALAPAGOS)
Another bright and early day had us up and out of the hotel by 6:30am. As the bags were loaded under the bus, the excitement of a new adventure washed over us as we slowly woke up. On the way to the Quito airport, we picked up 8 new friends: Melissa, Gina, Cathryn, Jordan, Meredith,Continue reading “27DEC2021 – DAY 8: THE TRANSFER (GO GO GALAPAGOS)”
20DEC2021 – DAY 1: THE WILMINGTON CATASTROPHE
Everything started out going so smoothly with an easy luggage check-in and a hopeful excitement to get out to Quito to begin my vacation in earnest! Little did I know how deep the rabbit hole would go on day 1 of my trip… At BOS, after making it through security, I bought a couple ofContinue reading “20DEC2021 – DAY 1: THE WILMINGTON CATASTROPHE”
No Regrets: The Only Way To Live 