6/20/11 update: Merlin & Daisy McRee were gracious to take us to the Huntsville Airport. Checkin was smooth. We had to get boarding passes at the Continental Kiosk because we're going out of the country; passports had to be scanned and verified. Processing through security was quick and smooth.
The flight left a few minutes late - the arriving plane from Houston was late, so that made us late. We were surprised that Continental issues headsets to everyone but they are of no value unless we bought airtime through their pay system from DirectTV. I point this out because the last time we traveled Continental, movies were free! With all the talk in the news recently about luggage fees, this one was not mentioned but should have been. Of course, I would not pay the $7.99 required for airtime so the five hour flight was non-entertaining. Continental will hear of my displeasure about this additional fee! We arrived in Quito at 11:25 p.m. (about 1/2 hour late) but by the time we got through immigration and customs (which really went smoothly, just several planes arrived at the same time), we got to the place where we're staying, outside of Tumbaco, it was 1:30 a.m. - late for this old man! The owner is an American who retired here a couple of years ago - his son has lived here for over 17 years. Patrick is a chiropractor in Quito; Jenny will be availing herself of his services ASAP!
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