Ecuador and Peru Last year I went to Ecuador and Peru. They are both fascinating. I skipped going into the Amazon basin, but my friend went for a few days and said it was like taking a vacation inside her vacation, it was so different.
I stuck to the coastal regions and the mountains. In addition to Machu Picchu and Nazca, I visited some of the pre-Columbian ruins on the Northern Peruvian coast, and Ingapirca in Ecuador.
Rooms were reasonable, and in Ecuador some places charged per person, with no single supplement. Two single rooms at the Best Western in Guayaquil, for instance, cost the same as one double room. It's a treat sometimes when you are traveling with a friend for a long period, to get that extra bit of privacy. |