Trip Update Nov 2010 FL, Ecuador and Galapagos, Part 1

Bok Tower
Solomon's Castle
Captain Brenda
With Aunt Bernie


We spent the first week in Sebring, FL at a timeshare. We visited Bok Tower and Solomon’s Castle and then toured the murals of Lake Placid. After that, we drove to Ft Lauderdale and saw our friends Don and Patty. Then we visited with my Aunt Bernie and her family - Brenda, Mary and Crystal. Brenda took us out on her boat to Port Everglades to see the big cruise ships, and then took us out to dinner. Before we left town, we had dinner with Pat’s nephew, Randy. Then we headed back to Orlando for our flight to Ecuador.
At the airport we found out our plane blew 2 tires on landing, so now they wanted to change out 4 tires. Six hours later they were done. Needless to say, we missed our connection in Panama; and after a hassle with the agent in Panama we were finally taken to a hotel. Of course they forgot to pick us up in the morning, so we took a taxi back to the airport. We flew to Quito without a problem, just arriving a day later than scheduled. Fortunately we had an extra day built into our schedule.