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Day 5
Ixtapan Spa dinner, trout with veggies and tonight we sprinkled some sea salt with lime and chili on the fish
Suggestion for all travels: especially Indua bring home spices from the local supermarket not the tourist spots.
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Ixtapan Spa day 4
How to know if a spa will work for solo travelers
Am walks make for new friends
Common tables at meals do too
Casual clothes means casual personalities
Activities you can find on a bulletin board
Cost of the single!A single at Ixtapan Spa is a deal
Today more of the good stuff plus a stroll into town for shopping…
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Ixtapan Spa
Loofah fango with real mud ALL OVER YES ALL OVER did the early am walk. Followed by fresh juice snd a great low fat buffet.The aqua aerobics were in warm water and now getting ready for tuna by the pool.…
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The Andes!
Today we drove way north towards Bolivia and Chile ending up at 12,200 ft. The views of the seven colored mountains, the salt lake, and Andean villages were thrilling. We saw llamas, wild Vicunas and finished our day in a market town full of crafts and alpaca scarves and blankets.
Box lunches of crunchy rolls and BBQ chicken worked and before you ask, we did have several ‘technical’ stops.
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Shopping's learning curve
What we are learning on our Argentina tour has reversed how we buy. If you charge on a credit card, the rate of exchange is. 5 pesos to 1 dollar. If you pay in cash the rate is 8. This is a huge difference so bringing some cash is a must.
Secondly, tourists do not go to a bank, they change money in stores. All seems totally legal and above board.
Argentines do the reverse, they buy dollar goods on line using cards as they get pay the least for US goods that way getting each dollar for.…
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A/C issues in hotels abroad
Europe is hot! So when you plan your trip,look for a/c but expect something more like a fan
Here are some tricks of the a/c world.
Here are some tricks of the a/c trade.
Ask if the hotel is air conditioned all night. Many hotels turn the air off in the middle of the night for economies.
Ask if “climate controlled” is actually air conditioning and get it in writing. Many websites use the wording climate controlled.
Ask if the public rooms have the same low temperature setting as the hotel rooms- they often are set lower.…
