Andes and Amazon, Ecuador, Oct 2014
Travel made your way ™
Well, we’ve arrived back in the UK after an absolutely fantastic holiday in Ecuador to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary.
It would be impossible to pick out our favourite parts of the trip – it’s all given us such a wonderful taste of Ecuador, but we’d love to go back to the Amazon, the Rainforest and have a go at the summit of Cotapaxi.
We were so touched by the celebrations that you and Betty organised for us at Papallacta. The wine, card and chocolate pudding were lovely, and the waiters made sure we had a wonderful evening – not difficult when you have 24 hour access to the fabulous hot springs! It was so thoughtful of you, knowing it was a celebratory adventure, thank you very much indeed.
The accommodation throughout the trip was superb, and we felt very spoilt! We did a lot of travelling, and this was a great opportunity for us to see Ecuador. The itinerary worked really well, and we can’t think of a single thing we would change – except to go for longer next time! Adventure Life is a really excellent company, but only because it has people like you and Betty in Ecuador, working together to organise fabulous adventures for people like us.
We can’t talk about our wonderful experience without mentioning our guide in Ecuador – Giovanni. He’s a perfect guide – cheerful, endlessly helpful, informative and determined to ensure that we did all the things we wanted to do. In the Amazon, this was so evident when Giovanni ensured that we had a specialist bird guide who took us well off the usual track, because he knew that this was our particular interest. We got on so well, and were very sad to say goodbye.
And our thanks to you Erin – from the very start you listened to us, and to the sort of things we wanted to do. You made sure it all came within our budget, and all in record time!! You answered every email quickly, and we felt confident before we went that our trip was well organised and exactly what we wanted. We’re now enjoying sharing our adventures with our family, and the main question seems to be “where next?” !
