Monday 8th May 2017
Return from Amazon to Quito
An earlyish start – left at 8am for the paddle then
motorised canoe, this time against the current.
We were issued with rubberised ponchos for the trip. Unfortunately it was hammering down with
rain, and with no sides to the boat, the seats got wet and even with the
ponchos, we were soaked. Law of
averages, we were lucky to have got away with such lovely weather in the rain
forest. After a couple of hours we
finally arrived in Coca and changed clothes in the tour office. A private
minibus took us back to Quito and the Hotel Reine Isabel, who had kindly looked
after our main bags for a few days. We
located a launderette just around the corner and deposited a couple of bags of
smelly clothes which they washed and dried for just $4 (about the same price as
one pair of shorts at hotel launderette prices). Finding a launderette anyway is a major luxury!! We were also broke so found an ATM to get
sufficient money for the Galapagos, including the $200 park fees. Feeling noble
having done our chores, we had a beer at a local café and I had a full manicure
for the grand total of $4.
Met up with Ed and Jude and went for a wander, but found
that most of the town had closed (found later than restaurants close on
Mondays!). Therefore settled for a
pizza.
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