Galapagos Day 10

Up early, 6:00am, for breakfast, then to Charles Darwin Research Station to see tortoises and Lonesome George, the only surviving tortoise of his species from Isla La Pinta. They tried to mate him with close species but he shows no interest.When we were getting into the dinghy to go to the research station, Daisy was driving the dinghy. She's the bartender on the boat. When I got on, I said to her "You drive the boat?" She replied, "Si." I then said "Tengo miedo!" ("I'm scared!") She laughed and said "Oh no, it's ok...do you like to swim?" Everyone laughed.To the airport around 9:00, bought some souvenirs. Our flight doesn't leave until 11:00am.Back in Quito, Consuelo, Suzanna, Raphael and Masako came with us to our hostal. We took the trolley, very cheap, 25 cents. There was a pick pocket on the train, and he tried to get into three of our bags.Back at the hostal, showered and crap, went to bank, went to the observatory to ask about viewing times, the guide lady went to check and came back and told us 5:30-6:00. We thought that was early (still light out), but she said she checked with the physicists. We went back at 5:30 and the security guard told us 6:30. So, we left and went back at 6:30. No dice. They're probably all laughing at us.We (all of us, except Masako) went to Marsical, the hip area, via bus, had supper, then back to hostal and to bed.