Hey! I'm reading this excellent post of yours and suddenly you mention Ecuador and my name! I'm flattered.
I actually joined steemit about one month after leaving Ecuador, as I traveled north all through Central America. Back then I was doing these travel reports that took a lot of time and I was making very little from them. Now that I have a following and I'm earning $$ so I'm going to start doing them again, new and improved. But here are the two I did on Ecuador in general and Quito from way back.
https://steemit.com/travel/@world-travel-pro/word-travel-report-quito-ecuador
https://steemit.com/travel/@world-travel-pro/world-travel-report-ecuador
Honestly I've spend way too much time here. I'm still here in Guayaquil. However the Galapagos was worth every minute! I plan on leaving to Peru. Like last week actually, but I keep pushing the date back as I'm blogging and backlogging weeks worth of blog post so I can travel and not worry about blogging and income.
I think you're travel plans are fantastic. You are certainly more planned out than I am. I usually don't buy tickets until about one or two months out, and prefer to travel regions of the world at time skipping from one neighboring country to the next, with no serious time frames. But often life isn't that simple.
I literally have to get moving or I'm going to miss out on so much of Latin America, as regardless of where I am in the this part of the world I have to get back to Florida in May to see my father's new house before he leave to New York for the summer so that's pretty much a set date. I just don't know what country I'll be in when I fly there!
Morocco has been high up on my list for a long time. I love an intense culture as long as they are nice :). From what I here Morocco offers exactly that. It will be great seeing how you enjoy the place.
Anyway what a great surprise so glad I could inspire your Ecuador adventure. I'll be in-touch. Dan!
Hey Dan, thanks for your comment and thoughts! I'm happy I could surprise you!;-)
You are right, it is absolutely different if you are a long term traveler, as we also were for a year, or if you just have to adjust a certain time frame for the travels.
Ecuador is a trip we do together and and yes, because life is not always that easy, we just have 3 weeks for South America this time. But still, I think it's a good amount of time to spend in Ecuador to see some nice places and do some trekkings and also get the chance to relax a bit.
We booked the tickets quite in advance this time, as it seems that prices are increasing in June and July, as it is a very popular travel time. Like this we don't need to worry anymore about increasing prices and we can already look forward for the trip.
Our plan for Ecuador looks like we take a bus from Guayaquil to Quito, and then move slowly south to Loja and back to Guayaquil.
But we'll see..;)
Anyway, enjoy your last days in Ecuador and enjoy Peru - it's an amazing country!
--Li--
Dan! always impressed with the time you take to help people!
Hey Dan, you are still in Guayaquil? Haha... I remember you told me some weeks ago you were leaving for the South. I thought you are in Cuenca now. ;)