Travel Forum / Destinations / Latin America / December 2004

Does anyone have experience driving in Ecuador in a 70 mile or so radius
about Quito. We plan a birding trip early next year that would include the
Mindo region to the west of Quito, Cotopaxi to the south, Baeza to the east.
We have been doing this kind of trip in southeast ...

I've seen these "tulip trees" in both Hawaii and Mexico in the winter
months.  They have orange upright tulip-like flowers above the leaf
canopy.  Searching the net for tulip trees brings up a U.S. tree with
yellow flowers related to the magnolia family.  These are much different ...

Regarding the Copper Canyon train, I keep reading that if you take the
train westbound (starting in Chi.), you miss all the best scenery which is
just east of Témoris, but the schedule says that the train arrives in
Témoris at 3:30pm. So even if the train is 2 or 3 hours late, I ...