Country Plaza Inn

... pretty well! Class got out at 6:30 pm last night, and then it was time to go get a seat at the game! The entire plaza around the Mastalla (Valencia's futbol stadium) was absolutely packed when we got there at 7 pm, and the game didn't even start until ...

... pottery town called Onta, then the Cha Cha Town mall in Kokura (an old steel mill town), then the You Me Town shopping plaza on the outskirts of Saga.  In the hotel lobby, they are playing a xylophone version of The Four Season's "Shari."  ...

7-10 April  Mendoza, wine country 7 April -- No place at the Inn Gretchen here: We had heard that the scenery on the way to Mendoza was lovely, so instead of our standard night bus, we booked a morning bus from Santiago to Mendoza.  It was ...

... third day we were greeted by another Thai meal (Pad Thai this time), as we then hit the truck to head back to The 'Plaza Inn' where our newly formed friendships would make their way to the Reggae bars of Chiang Mai that very night... Total Spendings for ...

Arrived in Panama City at sunset.  Beautiful flying in to land but I didn't have my camera handy! Cat came from Mexico City and we met in the airport.  We rented a car at the airport complete with a GPS. Leaving the airport the GPS directed us ...

... with an available room for a fair price so I jumped on it right away....and man was I stoked when I arrived. .The Hotel Plaza Inn was a really funky place as apparently the owner is somewhat eccentric. It almost felt as if you were staying in the Dali ...

... ones be OK while I am gone?  I tell them that I can't come back as I have to have vehicle entry permits in each country that is stamped in my passport and the authorities will not let you leave with out my vehicle going too.  So no coming ...

... riders you get.  That is not the best part. We rode hard that day finally stopping Culedad Constitucion.  Really beautiful country.  It is amazing at the rugged mountains every where.  The desert is very green and some of the cactus ...

... the better items were on this anyway. Chris ordered a plate of barbecued prawns and I got the Gumbo Ya Ya, which is a country style gumbo made with chicken and andouille sausage. Both dishes were divine but Chris got the winner there. What’s not to ...

... ignore them and keep walking. They’re tag is trying to get you to stay still while they guess where your shoes are from. Country, city, maker etc and if they guess all that you’re meant to hand over cash. We’re well travelled and know ...

... was built by the CCC.  In fact, the 32 CCC buildings are the largest assemblage of CCC buildings in the country and have been made a National Historic Landmark.  We then hiked the Main Loop Trail, which leaves from the ...

... .  The meals were large but tasty and we made a pact that it was absolutly ok to not finish our meals in this country.  I think the most off putting things was that they put the calorie content with each meal, my meal (the one with chips) had ...

... ye i can here you all laughin but dont worry it stopped as quickly as it started :) so HA!! went to have a look at the country club we were hoping it was open but unfortunately it was shut so just in the staff lounge using the internet obviously its soooo ...

...    There were few towns on our route, and the road passed mainly through gently undulating, well-watered farming country, with large plantations of eucalypts, and rows of casuarinas along the roadside. The farmhouses were mostly small, with two ...

... After a six hour bus ride from Puno, I arrived at Arequipa. I was able to get a room at the Colonial House Inn and set out that afternoon to explore the Plaza de Armas. This is a beautiful plaza with a square shaped park, and at the heart of the plaza is ...

... has a flag I notice. High alcoholism in the farming communities is his reply. We're headed out of the small village into the country. Yure points out the snow on the mountain, and behind that he says is Machu Picchu. But you can't get there from ...

... in just 10 days... So although we've had to restrict ourselves mainly just to the Andean strip up the middle of the country, we've thoroughly enjoyed our short but sweet time in Ecuador and have resolved to come back again in the future to visit ...

... up broke from the bus stop and basically walked 2 or 3 miles from the bus station to the Tobacco Inn Hostel in the city center...by the plaza central...hills all around the city...it easy taxi colectivos ...lots of cool stuff to do...the tobacco inn ...