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Friday 13 December 2024
Highlights: Hummingbirds Paradise Alambi Reserve, El Quetzal de Mindo (Chocolate Factory), Mariposario Mariposas de Mindo (Butterfly Farm)
Setting out at 7.30 am we had a day of adventure and discovery on the final day of our Ecuador’s Amazon and Volcanoes tour. Today’s activities were replacements for not being able to stay in the Amazon earlier in the trip.
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Thursday 12 December 2024
Highlights: Pailón del Diablo, Manto de la Novia cable car, Hacienda la Ciénega
Today was mostly a repositioning day returning to Quito to allow for Friday replacement activities for missing out on staying in the Amazon. We still had a couple of activities on the drive there.
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Wednesday 11 December 2024
Highlights: Tarabita waterfall, Jardin Botanico Las Orquideas (Botanical Gardens), Yanacocha Rescue Center
Today was activities in the Amazon region to replace those lost when we couldn’t go to Tena. We were warned to be prepared for rain but also the humidity.
(more…)Tuesday 10 December 2024
Highlights: Exploring Baños, The Swing at the End of the World
Today in the morning Erin set off to go white water rafting while I stay in Baños to explore the town.
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Monday 09 December 2024
Highlights: Cotopaxi National Park, Hiking around Laguna De Limpiopungo, spotting a condor
On Day 4 of our G Adventure Ecuador tour we had to adjust our itinerary bringing forward our days in Baños due to protests near Tena. This also meant our visit to Cotopaxi National Park was brought forward.
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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!
(more…)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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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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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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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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