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Forum: South America
Apr 6th, 2016, 12:13 PM
Replies: 39
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Posted By aprillilacs

That would be great! We'll be away til June 7 but...

That would be great! We'll be away til June 7 but home after that and would love to get together with you--lots of travels to discuss! Email me at [email protected] and I'll give you my phone...
Forum: South America
Apr 5th, 2016, 10:33 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,977
Posted By aprillilacs

Thanks, yes. I came back here because of your...

Thanks, yes. I came back here because of your post in the Australia forum, which I've been checking after our most recent trip (I will finish my report soon!!). How disappointing that Ali Shungu's...
Forum: South America
Aug 13th, 2015, 12:37 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,977
Posted By aprillilacs

Good advice. The open-air bus tour in Cuenca is...

Good advice. The open-air bus tour in Cuenca is good too ($8 for several hours). I carried a nice camera in a shoulder bag (not a standard camera case) and took it out when I wanted to photograph ...
Forum: South America
Aug 13th, 2015, 09:03 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,977
Posted By aprillilacs

Lina, I've read many of your reports as well! As...

Lina, I've read many of your reports as well! As for the safety issue, I never felt uncomfortable in either Ecuador or Peru. In Quito we spent quite a bit of time in the Centro Historico. We were...
Forum: South America
Jul 28th, 2015, 05:53 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,977
Posted By aprillilacs

Thanks to both of you for following this to the...

Thanks to both of you for following this to the end--loyal readers! mlgb, I heard no evidence of the morning calisthenics, but our room at La Floresta faced the garden so perhaps that's why. And...
Forum: South America
Jul 28th, 2015, 01:34 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,977
Posted By aprillilacs

CUENCA Hotel: Casa Ordoñez,...

CUENCA

Hotel: Casa Ordoñez, http://www.hotelcasaordonez.com

We had reserved our flight to Cuenca on LAN Ecuador a few weeks ahead of our trip but had been uncertain how long to stay and what to...
Forum: South America
Jul 23rd, 2015, 04:59 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,977
Posted By aprillilacs

Thanks for hanging in there and wading through...

Thanks for hanging in there and wading through this longer-than-intended trip report. A month of travel takes time to write up!

yt, we loved the Galapagos but it's a very expensive trip, so if...
Forum: South America
Jul 21st, 2015, 10:03 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,977
Posted By aprillilacs

GALAPAGOS From Cuzco we flew to Lima and to...

GALAPAGOS

From Cuzco we flew to Lima and to Quito for an overnight stay, continuing on very early the next morning, June 3, to Baltra via Guauyaquil. At Guayaquil airport we stayed on the plane...
Forum: South America
Jul 19th, 2015, 05:12 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,977
Posted By aprillilacs

yt, one drawback of a tour, we found, is that...

yt, one drawback of a tour, we found, is that having everything planned for us took away much of the anticipation and excitement we feel prior to a trip where we make our own arrangements. Its fun to...
Forum: South America
Jul 19th, 2015, 02:53 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,977
Posted By aprillilacs

LIMA Hotel: Westin Lima in San Isidro, a...

LIMA

Hotel: Westin Lima in San Isidro, a busy business district.

This hotel is perfect if you want a high-end, modern establishment with no Peruvian character. Our room was huge, and the...
Forum: South America
Jul 16th, 2015, 11:31 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,977
Posted By aprillilacs

yestravel, that waterfall is Peguche, the same...

yestravel, that waterfall is Peguche, the same name as the village just outside of Otavalo. It's at the end of a short walk through a forested park. Soon after we arrived we were joined by a group of...
Forum: South America
Jul 15th, 2015, 10:30 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,977
Posted By aprillilacs

Good! Here's some more. FOOD AND DRINK ...

Good! Here's some more.

FOOD AND DRINK

The most important beverage we drank was water, and none of it was out of the tap. Every inn and hotel provided at least two bottles of water a day, which...
Forum: South America
Jul 9th, 2015, 09:33 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,977
Posted By aprillilacs

No problem! I like to see the conversation...

No problem! I like to see the conversation continue. We had been hoping to get a taxi from the bus to the town if we did get off in Latacunga, but we didn't see any obvious taxis available from our...
Forum: South America
Jul 7th, 2015, 08:27 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,977
Posted By aprillilacs

June travel in the Galapagos, Andean Ecuador, and Machu Picchu

Our first trip to South America, from May 26 to June 24 of this year, encompassed two very different parts: a two-week tour with Odysses Unlimited to Macchu Picchu and the Galapagos, and two weeks on...
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