Getting to the Galapagos

This isn't easy.

First of all I finally found the Galapagos venue--a beautiful square-rigged brigantine named Mary Anne.  Of course it's a big motor-sailer but if we get the sails up jus on a passage or two, it'll be worth it.

Now I have the ship so I have to coordinate a trip to the Amazon basin.  Looks like that will come after the Galapagos.  Being the cheapskate that I am, I can get the flight from Quito, Ecuador to the Galapagos airport but the return flight takes 24 hours!!  Seems that the Ecuadorean military operates the flights and squeeze everyone else out of the flight times.   LAN is starting up service but their return trip (about 3 hours) starts before the Mary Anne gets to the airport.  Oh well, I'll keep on lookin'.