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  • World Trip 2024-25: Day 10 Otavalo to Papallacta, Ecuador

    A horse outside our room – Otavalo, Ecuador

    Sunday 08 December 2024
    Highlights: Tahuantinsuyo Weaving Workshop, trying bizcoho and agave nectar, enjoying the views and the hot springs waters at Papallacta.

    We woke to sunshine and the rain gone. Walking out of our room we breathed fresh air as we went to breakfast and returned to horses walking outside our room!

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  • World Trip 2024-25: Day 9 – Quito to Otavalo, Ecuador

    Saturday 07 December 2024
    Highlights: Otavalo Handicrafts Market, Peguche Community Home organic lunch, Peguche Waterfall

    We were off on our Ecuador Amazon and Volcanoes tour with an early morning start to Otavalo. We meet the rest of the group before boarding our bus for the next week.

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  • World Trip 2024-25: Day 8 – Quito, Ecuador

    Rose window at Basílica del Voto Nacional – Quito, Ecuador

    Friday 06 December 2024
    Highlights: El San Francisco, Chocolate tasting, Church of the Society of Jesus, Basílica del Voto Nacional, Intiñan Equator Museum

    With less than 4 hours of sleep, we were ready to start our Quito City Tour & Equator Line day tour and begin our Ecuador experiences!

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  • Flight Review – AA473 Miami to Quito

    American Airlines
    Date: 05 December 2024
    Flight Number: AA473
    Gate: 46 (Terminal D) 
    Seat: 12C & 12D (Economy)
    Plane: Boeing 737 Max-8
    Boarded: 18:30 
    Pushback: 19:11 (Scheduled 18:51)
    Take off: 19:37
    Arrived: 23:22 (Scheduled 23:06)
    Scheduled Duration: 4 hours 15 minutes
    Actual Duration: 4 Hours 11 minutes
    Distance: 2,875 km

    This flight was from Miami International Airport (MIA – Miami, USA) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO – Quito, Ecuador).

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  • World Trip 2024-25: Day 7 – Miami to Quito, Ecuador

    Frost Museum of Science – Miami, USA

    Thursday 05 December
    Highlights: Frost Museum of Science (Miami)

    Our moving day to Quito, Ecuador was here as we woke up excited. We enjoyed the hotel’s buffet breakfast, and then we packed and stored our bags. We had one final objective for Miami – a visit to the Frost Museum of Science. 

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