Linda Smith just returned from South America were she spent a couple days touring Quito and it’s surrounding areas – visiting Otavalo and it’s famous outdoor market, crossing the Equator and then getting on a plane to fly 600 miles to the Galapagos to cruise for several days on the Legend – a 100 passenger ship. The summer months are the dry season in the Galapagos – where you see frigates, blue footed boobies, albatross, marine iguanas and sea lions.