Day By Day Flashcards

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Day 1 flight and arrival

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Wednesday, May 15
Flight

Arrival: Quito, Ecuador mariscal international airport (UIO)
23 miles from downtown
9,500 feet
No meals

Hotel: sheratonQuito Hotel , no. 36-212 y Avenida republica de El Salvador
170122 Ecuador
+593-2-297-0002

pay taxi in dollars 30+ 5 tip
Old tow

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2
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Day 2

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Thursday, May 16
8 am orientation

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3
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Day 3

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4
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Last day of program

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Friday, May 31
10 am checkout from Casa andina premium
Flights Cusco to Lima

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5
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Emergency contacts

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Flight delay
Road Scholar Travel Services 802-254-7190
Holbrook Travel 352-377-7111

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6
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Foods

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Fruits- guanabana, naranjilla, tomate de arbor

Locro - soup with potato and cheese
Llapingachos- potato and cheese fritters
Ají- spicy chile pepper sauce
Pan de yucca
Cancha- corn nuts
Humitas- corn tamale
Menestras- lentils in brown sauce
Choclo con queso- warm corn and cheese
Melcocha- taffy candy
Lomo saltado- sautéed beef, red onions,tomatoes, yellow ají chilies, soy sauce, vinegar, cilantro
Ají de gallina- spicy chicken stew
Causa- cold casserole
Cuy- guinea pig

3,000 varieties of potatoes
400 varieties of chilies
300 varieties of corn

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7
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Group leader

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Jorge Carrera
Some cultural anthropology
Get more travel info from him

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8
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Patricia Stucki

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Group leader
Naturalist
From Switzerland, Germany Austria Liechtenstein
Pati

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9
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Enrique castillo

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Wildlife group leader
Birdwatcher

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10
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Mayra blanco

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Instructor
Professor genetics biodiversity agriculture
MSU
Cooks
Lives in Cusco

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Gustavo Tito leon

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Instructor
Music

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12
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Days 3-9

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Tip Top IV
+870773251528 (ship)

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13
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Days 10-11

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Lima
Casa andina select Miraflores
452 schell street
Miraflores
15074 Peru
+51-1-4167500

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14
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Days 12-13

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Sonesta posada del inca- yucay
Plaza manco II de yucay 123
Urubamba Peru
+51-84-201107

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Day 14

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Aguas Callientes/machu pichu
El MaPi hotel
109 pachacutee avenue
Machu pichu pueblo
Aguas calientes Peru
+51-84-211011

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16
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Day 15-16

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Cusco
Casa andina premium
Plazoleta de lima pampa chico 473
+51-84-232610

17
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What did you do in Old Town, Quito on your first day?

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7 am breakfast
8 am orientation
9 am bus to old town

Museo Casa del abogado
La compañía church
San Francisco church and convent
Plaza grande
La Vid Restaurant
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bxHwSHJzgZr1cSHC8?g_st=ic

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La Vid Restaurant, Old Town, Quito, Ecuador

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