Day 9 - Back in Lima for Thanksgiving

There was a major glitch today.

The 20 of us headed off to the airport at about 9:30am - the first reasonable departure time. Edwardo accompanied us to the check in counter where 6 of us got our boarding passes, but Val & Rose, along with 6 others, did not.

It seems Condor, the travel agency that Exoticca was using, had canceled their tickets. Needless to say, there was lots of concern and agitation. As I understand it, Exoticca offered to put them up in a hotel that night and fly them out the next day. That really wouldn’t work as some had early flights home the next day, and others had plans for their last night in Peru - so they all opted to pay $285 USD each to take a different flight that day.

To top it off, when they arrived in Lima, Exoticca was not there to meet them - YIKES a double whammy - so they took a taxi. Sure hope all 8 will have their flights & taxi ride reimbursed by Exoticca.

On a positive note, Rose & Val arrived in Lima in good time to join us for dinner at our new fav restaurant, Alfresco. The food was amazing as usual, plus pisco sours were becoming a fav of many in our group. Knowing Peter’s experience, I stuck to local beer, Cusqueña Dorade or Pilsen Callao. Needless to say, there were lots of stories to tell.Baca lagi