March 9 Baltra disembark fly to Guayaquil then Lima Miraflores Hotel

 After breakfast, you will disembark National Geographic Endeavour II and transfer to the
airport for the return flight to Guayaquil. As you prepare for disembarkation, if you wish to leave
a gratuity, as a tipping guideline we recommend $200 per guest per week aboard the ship. The
gratuities will be divided equally among the natural history staff and crewmembers on board.
This morning, you will fly to Guayaquil and connect to your flight to Lima, Peru. Please note on
the flight from Guayaquil to Lima, each passenger may have one checked bag weighing no
more than 50 pounds with linear dimensions not exceeding 62 inches, and one carry on
weighing a maximum of 22 pounds with linear dimensions not exceeding 45 inches. Any extra
charges for overweight luggage must be paid to the airline at the Guayaquil Airport.
After clearing customs at the Lima airport, you will be met outside of the customs area by a
Lindblad/National Geographic Expeditions representative and transferred to the Belmond
Miraflores Park Hotel.
        Departure from the Endeavor 2

   6:30 wake up call and all your stuff has to be out of the room by 7:00. Not a problem as we were mostly packed last night. After breakfast we took our trustee zodiac black limousines to the waiting buses for the ride to the airport.

We were dodging iguanas on the road sunning themselves on our 3 minute bus ride. We had time to wander through the airport shops before they gave us our tickets. We saw some very cute things. I got a travel shirt and a t-shirt called. Got a t-shirt and a windbreaker.

 We settled into the VIP lounge at the airport at 10:00 and our flight isn't until 11:30. There's food and drinks as if we haven't already eaten them on this trip. 

     When we started going through the gate to board we went through a gate not listed on our ticket and Paul was vexed. The plane boarded from both the front and back of the plane, and with us sitting in the middle we were concerned there would not be bin space. Some were putting both their carry on and bags in the bins leaving little bin space dispite the announcement to put your smaller bag under the seat in front of you. We really hate it when people can't follow the rules.

       As the plane was preparing there was white mist coming from all the vents. I thought it was smoke, I've never seen that before. Paul said it is just water vapor and he had seen it before.

Our normal after trip game.

Best thing- 1st day deep water snorkeling and very happy with Linblad's organization safety and preparation- laid back humor of expedition leader. 

Worst thing- humidity bug bites for Paul. Unused thing we packed- rash guard because we had wet suits. What we should have brought-Joi Neck fan, Paul t shirts. most used thing- Joi-sleeves, Paul swim trunks

   Best food- tropical fruit- breakfast 

   Worst food-one beef very tough

missed most- big salads I didn't realize how much I missed them until we got one at lunch today. 

           It was a very hard landing in Guayaquil, a thing that you could feel in your back. But hey any landing you can walk away from is a good one.

I'm the baggage claim is a jungle with bird sounds


We reclaimed our bags and met our guide and are going back to the hotel we stayed at before the trip for lunch. They had a lovely buffet and lots of dessert samplers. Then we will return to the airport to check our bags for an 8:00 flight to Lima. We found lounge chairs in the airport. Rested awhile, did laps for awhile. Finally boarded to go to Peru. We saw a Cinnabon in the airport. Way too full to get one but it was nice to see.
A very nice flight to Lima. I drive that seemed long to get to the hotel. It's dark so we really can't see the area, but it's supposed to be right on the beach. They gave us a mini suite. That's absolutely huge. the bathroom is amazing there's little amenities all around a tea set in the closet
 little bags for many things
 slippers all set up to use
 coffee maker set that's really fancy
The only funny thing is we couldn't make the shower have any hot water so we called the desk and the engineer came up. They said we'd have hot water in 15 minutes. I think it's so late at night, It's about midnight, that the hot water heaters not on. But they took care of it.


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