Have camera will travel

So late leaving Houston, and late getting into Quito. But we made it safe and sound.
We checked a bag, so a long wait at the carousel to see if it made it – one of the last bags. Because of that our group was waiting for us, and with some confusion we got on our little bus and headed into town to the hotel. It will be so good to lie down for a while. Got to the hotel around 2 AM, the driver drove right by it as we were all telling him whoa – he didn’t understand English !! So we had a little tour of the area while he figured out how to get back to the hotel, and almost went by it again.
Once all the bags were in the hotel there was a stomach dropping sensation that one of our groups was missing a camera bag – with all gear and all important papers. Somewhere along the line in the airport it was missed. Sitting there in the lobby in the early hours of the day with about 4 hours sleep in the past 2 days, we were no help to our troubled partner. A call to the airport was no help either. After much gnashing of teeth we toddled of to bed.