South America Travel Log

We flew from Guyaquil to Cuszco in order to avoid 48 hours straight in a bus and the border crossing that seems so dangerous. 

I checked with travel agents and on the airline website.  TACA was $50 cheaper than the travel agent quote for one way. 

One travel agent would only sell me a round trip ticket because we don’t have a return ticket to the States.  That was $470.  A one way quote from a different agent was $350. 

We got it for $298 one way through the airline itself. 

The flight involved an overnight lay over in Lima.  We stayed at a hotel called Manhattan Inn 7 minutes away from the airport since we had to be up at 3:30am to be at the airport around 4:15am.  Even though it is domestic, they still want you to check in 2 hours before hand.  The hotel cost $50 (more than I wanted to pay) but hotels in down town that cost more like $25 would require a $10+ taxi ride there and back then we are up to $45, so we just went with the slightly more expensive but convenient hotel.