After 6 hours in the Bogota airport it is finally time for our flight. We follow the signage to our gate which is downstairs. We will be bussed out to our plane.

All four of us are seated in the same row, the very last row of this plane. Not a problem as as we have a seat.

The flying time is only 1 hour and 10 minutes. It seems like no time and we are landing.

We have been trying to communicate with our Hostal regarding transportation and are not sure if we will have a ride waiting for us.

When Leslie connects to the wifi we see that there will be someone waiting. YES!!! Something is working 😉

We pile into the van and get onto the road. It is quite a long drive and we are happy to be arriving in the daylight instead of 12:30am as scheduled. Well sort of.

We arrive at La Rosario and get checked in. We pay, but are not charged for our no show. Not our fault, but not theirs either. We need to make some adjustments in our plan since this snaffu has cost us a day in Quito. It isn’t just a matter of shifting everything by a day because our next destination is Otavalo. We were going there on Saturday because they have a very famous market day there on Saturdays. We really wanted to see that. So if we shift everything a day we will miss the market.

We settle in for a bit and head out for a bit of an explore, then dinner, then back for an early night!!

We were successful. Walked about for 45 minutes or so then found a nice little restaurant fairly close to our hostal. Greg orders something that I forget the name and Stu, Leslie and I order chicken Milanese. This like a chicken schnitzel topped with ham and cheese. It comes with salad and fries. Greg’s arrives and it is gianormous. I think he said it was $6.00 (usd). We thought oh oh what have we got coming??? Sure enough our platters were about the same size. The chicken dishes were $10.00 each. We also ordered beer. Stu a Corona and I a Pilsner. Corona arrived normal sized, but mine was probably 750ml. A BIG BEER!! We managed to make a dent in our meals, but will remember that sharing will likely give us more than enough food.

Settling our bills using credit cards as they accept them and we know that that is not the norm. So will save our cash for the cash only places. We notice that it has started to rain as we leave and shortly after gets heavier and heavier. Thunder too. Thankfully we are close to our accommodation. Our bed is calling loudly. So we are hurrying. 😉

We will have photos for tomorrow. Night night yawn!!