About the time for us to be “On the Road Again….” Our Ecuadorian 3-month visa expires on Jan 21, 2010 (as seen on the right).
While visa options exist, I definitely want to visit Peru and probably Machu Pechu (correct spelling is Machu Picchu). We may stay in Peru for approx 2 months and then return to Cuenca for some weeks before continuing on to Quito and flying back to Portland on April 18, 2010.
Because the Ecuadorian government is fining people $200USD who leave Ecuador after their visa expires, we will be leaving Cuenca on Tuesday, Jan 19th (one week from today) and then have two days for our journey south to the border. It is a 4-5 hours bus ride from Cuenca to Machala. We may stay the overnight. Depends upon when we arrive.
We will then take the… (now this is when the internet in the local area was unavailable during the late afternoon and evening). Between internet outages (which are fairly rare) and power outages, it is sometimes hard to compose new posts.
I started this post Tuesday evening and am finishing it Friday around noon.
Tags: Cuenca, Peru, power outage, visa
Chris, Mai, Megan, safe trip to Peru and good time there. Como es tu espanol ahora, Chris? Saludos! Tomas