get up at crack of dawn & dry hair before rolling blackout starts & electricity goes off
have "breakfast" of nescafe & toast
tie bags to top of van & get air in tires before going to airport
drag bags into airport & check them
fly from Quito to Guayaquil
fly from Guayaquil to Baltra Island
drag bags from baggage claim area to dirt outside the airport entry & wait around
drag bags onto really crowded bus
drag bags off of really crowded bus & throw them onto roof of ferry
ride ferry across channel to Santa Cruz Island
drag bags from ferry to new, uncrowded bus
drive across entire Island of Santa Cruz (past the tortoise research station midway across the island) to Puerto Ayora
drag bags off bus @ Puerto Ayora & drag them to dock
get on dinghy to go to GAP Adventurer III, our home for the next 8 days
have first briefing; demand water after long trip :)
get back on dinghy to the dock to get in a van to go halfway back across the island to see the tortoises
REPEAT all steps, in reverse, (substituting a mad dash thru the Darwin Center before Lonesome George is awake for the tortoise visit), at the end of the trip to get back to Baltra.....