Good grief!  I finally got the hotel booked for our trip to Quito, there were so many different styles from full fledge hotels to the quaint hostels that offer nearly everything you could want without the crowds of people.  I've read so many web pages regarding the different hotels I feel like they all are running together.  I finally just said shoot, go for it and booked one!

Of course it had to offer airport transporation since we don't have an idea of how the city is laid out and don't know if you can communicate with the taxi driver or not since we have only one language and it isn't Spanish!  Should make for an interesting trip, but I figure if my husband can get around in China speaking only English we should be able to get around Ecuador!

With our desire to pick up some words to make the trip easier we'll see if it works….probably not.  Will have to take some Spanish lessons if we decide this area of the world is one that interests us enough to want to do some business with local vendors.  That's part of what this trip is about, checking out the products and quality…always working…well…almost always working!