On the road again…

When we entered Ecuador on October 24th, 2009, I requested only 90 days.  I don’t know what would have happened if I had requested 180 days, but I didn’t.  I was under the impression that we could easily renew the visa for another 90 days. Ecuador supposedly allows a tourist to stay 180 days/year in Ecuador, but the problem is in the details.

So now we have a 3 month Ecuadorian visa –  one month gone, two more months to go.

Imagine my surprise when I found out it was approx $250/person for the extra 3 months, i.e. a 6 month visa issued while you are in Ecuador — that gets expensive for the 3 of us.

Then I find out that if we go to Peru over the Christmas Holidays, when we return, we MAY or MAY NOT be able to obtain another 90 day Ecuadorian visa upon returning to the Ecuadorian border.  It’s a matter of legal interpretation — and we won’t know until we are at the Ecuadorian border.  How’s that for being screwed by the Ecuadorian government?

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