Travel
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Cusco
Last night, I took the long-distance night train from Nazca to Cusco for 15 hours, because this train was driven from Lima during the day, and it was basically full when I got on the bus. My seat was taken by another person, and I told him that he occupied my seat, but because he was next to his family, I didn't think he meant to change seats, and there was an empty seat in the back, …
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Paracas, Huacachina, Nazca
A few days ago, a local friend in Lima said that they were in a desert. I was quite inexplicable at the time. I thought he was just making an analogy, because it rarely rains here, but later I found out that Lima is really in a desert. The second largest desert city in the world after Cairo, Egypt. The desert belts of Peru and Chile in South America are the driest regions in the world. This…
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Lima
Seeing that the epidemic situation in Peru has improved, I flew from Ecuador to Lima, the capital of Peru, last night. The flight requirements to Peru are much stricter than those of Ecuador. Two layers of masks must be worn, and the crew members will spray hand sanitizer on everyone's hands before boarding. After boarding the plane, the two people sitting next to me heard that they were from the United States, and when I asked, they found out that they were from Missouri...
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Cuenca, Guayaquil (2)
The small city of Cuenca is a 3.5-hour bus ride to the southeast of Guayaquil. The altitude is similar to that of the capital Quito, almost 3 kilometers. Fortunately, there are not so many up and down slopes. This small town is beautiful and the architecture is very distinctive. At a certain moment, it feels like Córdoba, a small town in southern Spain. The city is full of small shops: clothing stores, shoe stores…
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Guayaquil (1), Puerto Lopez
I left the Galapagos Islands by plane and flew to Guayaquil, a coastal city in the south, which is the largest city in Ecuador. As soon as I came out of the airport gate of Guayaquil, I saw a long pool on both sides, with slate, green plants and many goldfish swimming around, which was super beautiful. No wonder this airport 2…
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Galapagos Islands (San Cristóbal)
The two-hour boat trip to San Cristóbal, another big island, was almost torn apart. My sofa owner on this island is also in the tourism industry, and he said that most of the residents of the Galapagos Islands actually rely on tourism for a living. He has been working on cruise ships before, as a waiter, bartender,…
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Galapagos Islands (Santa Cruz)
The group went to North Seymour Island. Except for me, three of the eight people in the group were also from the Bay Area of California. A grandfather in his 70s joined the group alone because his wife and other friends went to a diving group for a week. , he felt that a week of diving was too long, so he signed up for a Spanish language training class in Quito and came to himself one day earlier...
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Galapagos Islands (Isabela)
Fly today from Quito to Galápagos Galapagos Islands. When flying from the United States to Ecuador, if you have a vaccine certificate, you do not need a negative test result, but you must have a negative test result when flying from the mainland to the Galapagos Islands. Sitting next to the plane were two brothers, one living in San Francisco...
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Quito (2), Otavalo
Back to the capital Quito, a relaxing day, wandering in the city center, quite a lot of up and down hills. The above photos are of the historic old town of Quito. I wandered around the nearby area this morning and saw another modern side of the city. There are many morning joggers on the street, and there are also many people exercising outdoors in the park. The steeper the uphill and downhill, the more visible…
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Quilotoa, Latacunga, Cotopaxi
In the morning, I took a taxi to the long-distance station and chatted with my brother. He was very concerned about current affairs in China and asked me about the recent three-child policy, population and Hong Kong issues. Unfortunately, my Spanish language skills are limited, so I can only give a general idea. I stopped by the roadside shed to have breakfast seco de pollo chicken noodles and rice when I was transferring to a long-distance bus. I just finished my boss...
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