Adiós a los Estados Unidos

In just 3 hours we'll be boarding the plane at BWI and flying to Houston, where we have a layover before turning south to Quito, Ecuador...

In just 12 hours we'll be landing in Quito, Ecuador, just south of the equator, under a sky of foreign constellations and amid the buzz and chatter of a foreign language and the rhythms of a foreign city.


Today is Good Friday, and although I am not a religious man, I can't help but feel heartened by this being embarkation day of our trip.  Flying into a 90+% Catholic country, it will be interesting to see what religious festivities are going on.

We'll write more later, once we touch down in the Southern Hemisphere.