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Ecuador
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Written by Neil Carey
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Monday, 30 June 2008 18:48 |
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We've long been talking of a trip to Ecuador, but I had serious doubts whether it would happen. But as of last Friday, we have tickets. These are probably the messiest set of tickets I've ever had to book. I was buying one ticket with Aeroplan points, and they won't make arrangements for a cash ticket, nor will they sell tickets for any airline outside the Star Alliance. So I had to book a ticket to Bogota, Colombia on points, and then separately booked a flight to Quito, Ecuador through Expedia. Kathy's ticket was booked through Air Canada all the way to Quito. We're on the same flights, though, just possibly not sitting together. And I never before realised how much of a pain online booking can be. I think they go out of their way to make the process complicated. But it's done now, so its official. January 24 to February 15, 2009, Kathy and I will be in Ecuador. I, for one, am really excited. I've started looking up things I'd like to do and see while we're there. I really want to get off the tourist trail a bit, so that makes it a little more difficult to research. So far, the coolest thing I've found is the Santa Lucia Cloud Forest, which looks like it'll be loads of fun.
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