Someone sure had their cranky pants on writing that last post!
While waiting for our flight I was able to log on to the airport’s free wifi and have a quick chat with Jill and Alex on Skype and IM’d Jeanie on Facebook. Have I mentioned before how great it is to have Whitey (the EeePC Netbook. Sarah named ‘her‘) with us.

We are currently in a Café in Quito, Ecuador waiting to have some breakfast. The flight yesterday was pretty uneventful. 1 hour in Panama airport for the connecting flight to Quito. Watched the animated movie Wall-E in-flight which was quite funny. We had separate seats on the Panama-Quito flight (Refer to previous comments on the check in woman) but the kind flight attendants were able to switch someone so we could sit together.

Arriving at the airport we took a Taxi to “old town” which was a 10 minute drive. There is a “new town” area which has the trendy hostels and internet cafés but it is supposedly a bit dangerous at night time so we went for the safer area.

After checking in to a hostel which was $12USD a night plus tax we had a walk around old town and got some lunch.
After Mexico City at an altitude of 2500m above sea level, we are finding ourselves a bit breathless in Quito which is one of the worlds highest cities at 2900m. The city is nestled along a valley with massive mountains above. From the roof of the hostel it’s quite a view with buildings running up both sides of the valley.

Today we are going to check out tours to the Galapagos islands and decide how much time to spend in Quito.