January 14, 2007 -- Going Home... We think

Ok, so the trip back to San Cristobal was the rockiest one ever. I felt so bad for those in the dungeon, but once I heard that anchor drop, i new for sure Don and Kathy were wide awake. One good thing, luckily we packed up the wet suits last night, because it rained all night long, poor Andrew left his on deck to dry and now it was soaked.

So our luggage had to be packed by 8, and on the deck, carry-on´s and ourselves had to be in the common area around 9, and ready to head to land shortly there after. We were all so worried because it was really raining. We found out that the plane to land and take-off needs a visual on the runway. If the rain didn´t let up, we´d be stuck there the night and leave tomorrow. No worries for me, i was staying in quito until the 31st, but Mark was upset because he had to get back to chicago for work... Oh well... We headed to land, in a wet zodiac and it still raining on us. Several of us hit the internet cafe and checked on what was going on in the real world the past week. Soon Edwin came back and took us to the airport... Go or no go, we had to wait there. So we shopped the little shops there and sat and waited...

but wait... the clouds started to lift and we heard that a plan was going to be landing after noon. We knew now that we´d be on our way... We were just about an hour late from our original departure, but at least no one had to worry about connecting flights...

BYE BYE GALAPAGOS!!! It has been the best diving ever!!!