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Travel to Loja
Blogs - missives of a wandering eye
Last Updated on Thursday, 19 January 2012 13:43 Thursday, 19 January 2012 05:36
The trip here was a little more eventful then I like. Our plan was to stay at the hostel in Quito until 3 and then take a cab to the airport to check in for our 4:30 flight.
It should have been no problem, weather was nice, cabs were everywhere.
At about 2:45 the clouds rolled in. At 3:00 the rain started. As in everywhere else in the world, it seems that rain causes taxi's to disappear. The lady of the hostel flagged one down at the corner....just as it started to pour.
I have been in hotel showers that put out less water then was coming out of the sky. Once again, as I was running to the taxi, I was cursing the amount of stuff I was carrying.
I got soaked. The cab ride to the airport was slow....we had to show the driver the best way to defrost his windshield. The water was flowing down the streets, like a fire hose was open, we saw hail on the ground... As we approached the airport it stopped...it had not rained at the airport at all.
We were in line for check in at 3:45...take off on time in a new jet...a nice flight above the clouds to the next town over from Loja... Over being a important word.
The lush green mountains as we came down through the clouds made my heart sing. Small airport...1 runway...small terminal...and then the taxi ride to Loja
Did I mention that we landed one town over? By over it means a 30 minute drive up and over a range of mountains.
I have had some interesting taxi rides... New York where he went up on the side walk... San Francisco where he tried to take us around the block 3 times...Toronto where the driver did not know how to drive.... But this ride will live in my memory for a long time.
The ride should have taken 30 minutes, but our driver was going to do it in 20. He was passing any slow moving vehicle...of which there were many on 20 degree grades... I did not feel any danger, he knew the road and knew when he needed to brake, and when to pass.
It was a great ride.
So today we meet with the people of the school and get a glimpse into what the next few weeks will be about. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Day in quito
Blogs - missives of a wandering eye
Last Updated on Thursday, 19 January 2012 13:43 Wednesday, 18 January 2012 05:38
Spent the night at a hostel.... Don't know the city so I can't say the location.
Flight down was turbulent , but un eventful We ( Sandy a fellow Canadian ) and I have our tickets for a 4:30 flight to Loja. So we have a little time to use. We were taking about going to the tourists area but I talked her into hanging out around the hostel....just to get a feel for the real place.
So I am sitting in a park, looking at the mountains and seeing life around me. It is chaos, on a controlled scale. Traffic is bad, and horns are honking. The busses run in dedicated bus lanes, which is quick.
The weather is interesting... It is mountains, cool at night but hot during the day....dressing in layers will be the norm. People seem happy, smiling,laughing. Smoking does not seem to be popular. We had an amazing lunch, of soup, salad, chicken pie, and a lemon pie for desert...and the cost was under $10... For both of us!
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Airports and waiting
Blogs - missives of a wandering eye
Last Updated on Thursday, 19 January 2012 13:43 Tuesday, 17 January 2012 07:13
Sometimes it just happens that I have to do a connecting flight. I am not great at waiting... Today is no exception.
I am at Bush international in Houston, with a 5 + hour layover. This is not my first time... I think I have spent more time in this airport then any other ( Toronto doesn't count)... And this is only my third time here.
As airports go, it is nice, but it is an airport. And I can't find a decent cup of tea ( why does Starbucks sell that bitter crap they do? ) What is interesting is listening to the accents over the intercom. It is very difficult to understand the thickTexas drawl of some of the agents.
Anyway I am in my normal state while traveling, tired, hot and grumpy....this may be why I travel alone most times. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Location:,Houston,United States
Waiting for the van
Blogs - missives of a wandering eye
Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 January 2012 06:51 Monday, 16 January 2012 17:08
My bags are packed ( one is 1.5 lbs overweight )
My clothes are laid out.
I went to bed 6 hours ago, and my alarm is set to go in less then an hour.
Airways transit will be picking me up at 3:30 for a 7:59 flight to Houston.
For me, the most stressful part of traveling is them customs lines, and security checks. The security checks are the worse. I don't like pulling all my stuff out, putting it on the belt,and then being separated from it.
Usually my camera gear gets hand checked, which shows everyone what I am carrying
. Once I am passed that point I start to relax, and slip into bored traveller mode. I like to be bored...no excitement...nothing new...just read and sleep until I get to where I am going. I am happiest when I can say I had a boring flight. I hope that happens today -
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Location:,Waterloo,Canada
Change of Blog Title
Blogs - missives of a wandering eye
Sunday, 15 January 2012 15:22
The Old title ( A Canadian In Tokyo) didn't fit, any more. I am not in Tokyo, as much as I would like to be.
In less then 2 days I will be on a airplane bound for Ecuador. I am not sure for how long.
So I would like to introduce Missives of a wandering eye.
I hope you ike what you read and respond.
Thanks
Welcome
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 March 2011 04:28 Tuesday, 03 March 2009 14:19
Welcome to my home on the net.
I am a photographer, an educator ( photography and English (TESL)) as well as a web guy
My photography sites are:
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( images may not be works safe) so if you are interested in seeing images of great looking ladies and men in various states of dress and undress, this is where to go. Then you can come back here and we can talk about how you can create images like these.I write two blogs:
A Canadian in Tokyo
and
The Lazy Photographer
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