Tuesday, 3/5. No photos. Uneventful flight via Lima.

They use dollars for currency following a financial panic in 1999. Limits the ability of questionable leadership to mess with the country’s economy. I’ve gotten Susan B. Anthony coins as change and they’re old coins! I’d never seen a worn-out $1 coin. They don’t look very fancy when dulled.

Highways are incredible. Like being in the States. Quito’s streets appear to be all one-way, making street crossing easier. Ecuador appears (with only a few hours of experience) to be head and shoulders more advanced than Bolivia and Peru. Our Trip Leader, Roberto, mentioned that Ecuador has a large number of USA transplants. The roads alone give credibility to that assertion.

The evening briefing devolved into a mostly Q&A for our Galapagos journey three days hence. I fear the same Q&As will repeated for the next two.