Hotel Condor

... to find a reasonable one-way flight, I came across a small article in the local newspaper that announced that Condor Airlines, a spin-off of Lufthansa, was initiating service from Frankfurt into Ft. Lauderdale with very attractive fares. Indeed, when I ...

... it is all I can do to stop from crying. And this was one. It may have been the heat, or the loving family of the hotel around me, possiblly it wass the sense of achievement: here we are, we did it without a guide or tour,using my own talents, or ...

... Weymouth. I found my way onto the Rodwell trail – a one and a half mile tarmacced old railway track, that led me to the Weymouth sea front. It looks very grey in Guernsey. I wish I were staying here. I would go straight to the hotel in that ...

... ' ! Et voilà ce que nous avons vu....Des droles de condors... Pour les vrais, je crois que «  El condor no pasara » !!   Alors nous sommes partis dépités mais tellement heureux d'avoir joué aux montagnes russes ...

... our canyon hike.  <End Day 1> <Day 2> Today we leave early, ~5:30am for the ~2hr drive to the Condor's cross which is near the beginning of the Colca canyon.  We're pretty lucky to see a few condors quickly & by ...

... aos argentinos daqui nos finais de semana. Ainda pelo rádio o Júlio me explica: foi-se a embreagem, arrabentou o cabo !! Maldito Condor Bolíviano dos infernos ! Estacionamos as motos e somos cercados pela família muito atenciosa, explico o problema e ...

... at 5am in order that we could leave to see Condors, again the roads are awful but that didn´t matter when we saw our first Condor at around 9am, huge birds with a 3 meter wing span, it was an amazing sight!!!  We were told that that we would ...

... , dass er uns schon um 4Uhr morgens abholt, damit wir heute Condore zu sehen bekommen. In Ruecksprache mit dem Personal im Hotel (das uebrigens ech klasse war, sie haben uns schon um 3.30Uhr Fruehstueck gemacht, ueberhaupt war die Lodge ein Traum), das ...

... way" echoing behind me. Alas, I did nothing of the sort, but a few hours later I eased myself onto the couch of the Valentine Hotel, tired but happy, with a cold beer in hand, and watched Indy & his mates ride out of the canyon and into the sunset. It ...

... on for dinner with the locals providing music and guess who got roped intodancing... Anyway the main highlight is the trip to Condor Cross early in the morning to see the Condors. We arrived early and waited and waited and wondered if we were going to ...

... . Morgens um 5 angekommen wurden wir direkt von einem Guide, den unser Reisebüro anrangiert hatte, abgeholt und ins Hotel gebracht und das alles sehr preiswert. Puno gilt als Perus Folklorehauptstadt und zugleich als Reisestopp zwischen Cusco und La Paz ...

... disappointment.  In addition, I can't say I'd recommend Latin Destinations as well.  As they seem to only want to sell their products... no matter what the quality.  Again, shady.   Condor Travel = FAIL InkaNatura = PASS (big ...

... he knew the best viewing point. Nothing happened for half an hour just other buses disgorging their passengers. Suddenly we spotted a condor in the distance, riding on the air currents. It disappeared and everyone sighed. Suddenly like the helicopters in ...

... off the bus, I pushed my way through the people, got down some stairs and found the best place where I could watch the perched condor. She was huge. Not the most attractive bird, but huge. Apparently their wing spans can range from 3 to 3.5 metres. ...

... are not like the eagles' claws.  Eagles claws are all long and enable then to grab their prey with their claws whereas the condor's claws are all long except for one which is short and so they cannot pick up prey like an eagle can.  The ...

... the apex of the trip. There we would have a view of one of the largest canyons in the world and the possibility of viewing a condor. Once there it was obvious why it is such an attraction. The views were beyond desciption so we'll let our pictures do the ...

... for though as it was a really impressive bird and flew just over our heads. At one point Kerry thought she saw another Condor in the distance although it turned out that it was just a sparrow!! We travelled back to Arequipa that afternoon (after popping ...

... watching them and they came very close at one point.  Absolutely massive, enchanting birds.  We then continued on to Cruz del Condor where lo and behold, the mist had descended and we couldn't see a thing.  Lucky for us we had such a savvy ...

... passed through two tunnels and bumped and slewed our way to the view point. The best place to see Condors was by a stone cross, Condor Cross, but despite the clear skies no Condors. We sat for a while but as the high cloud lifted from the mountains cloud ...

... à 6 heures de route. Nous avons rejoins Marc au terminal d'Arequipa. Arrivé sur place, nous sommes allés au Mirador del Condor où nous avons aperçu environ 6 Condors durant 4 heures. C’était plutôt relaxant être au dessus du canyon et ne ...

... DEL CONDOR 3.700 mt, famoso punto di osservazione. Presso l'affioramento roccioso, vi è una famiglia numerosa di “condor andini” che si librano nell'aria e volteggiano sopra le nostre teste sfruttando le correnti ascensionali provenienti dal ...