Day By Day Flashcards
Day 1 flight and arrival
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
Day 2
Thursday, May 16
8 am orientation
Day 3
Last day of program
Friday, May 31
10 am checkout from Casa andina premium
Flights Cusco to Lima
Emergency contacts
Flight delay
Road Scholar Travel Services 802-254-7190
Holbrook Travel 352-377-7111
Foods
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
Group leader
Jorge Carrera
Some cultural anthropology
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Patricia Stucki
Group leader
Naturalist
From Switzerland, Germany Austria Liechtenstein
Pati
Enrique castillo
Wildlife group leader
Birdwatcher
Mayra blanco
Instructor
Professor genetics biodiversity agriculture
MSU
Cooks
Lives in Cusco
Gustavo Tito leon
Instructor
Music
Days 3-9
Tip Top IV
+870773251528 (ship)
Days 10-11
Lima
Casa andina select Miraflores
452 schell street
Miraflores
15074 Peru
+51-1-4167500
Days 12-13
Sonesta posada del inca- yucay
Plaza manco II de yucay 123
Urubamba Peru
+51-84-201107
Day 14
Aguas Callientes/machu pichu
El MaPi hotel
109 pachacutee avenue
Machu pichu pueblo
Aguas calientes Peru
+51-84-211011