Galapagos - Miscellaneous

All the other pictures including landscapes, buildings, etc.

Interior of some Central American country (Dec 08, 2005, 11:21am) For the journey down, I was sitting in a window seat at the back of the plane. So I took the opportunity to take some pictures of the islands we flew over. I ended up deleting most of the airline pictures, but I kept this one because I found it interesting (and clear). I have no clue what country this is a part of. It may be a Caribbean island, But since it was taken 3 hours out of Guayaquil, its more likely to be part of Central America.
Guayaquil, seen during approach to airport (Dec 08, 2005, 02:19pm) We stopped in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to refuel and get processed by customs. This is the only halfway decent picture I was able to salvage from our flight over Guayaquil.
Quick refueling in Guayaquil (Dec 08, 2005, 02:52pm) We were on a tight schedule. We had to land in Guayaquil, pass through customs, refuel the plane and take off to get to the Galapagos. The catch is that the plane had to leave the Galapagos no later than 6pm (when the sun sets). So every extra minute spent on the ground in Guayaquil increased the probability that we would have to spend the night on the Equador mainland instead of the Galapagos Islands. But though the miracle of excellent logistical planning, the stop in Guayaquil went smoothly. One of the key reasons was the fact that the Guayaquil ground crew had the fuel truck (shown in this picture) ready to go as soon as we taxied to the side of thr runway.