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  1. RE: Info on hotels/hostels in Maria, close to Kuelap
    in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Apr 23, 2013
    This could be the place where you leave your bubble, and just go.
    No reservation, no information...

  2. RE: Is the Cajas National Park in Cuenca worth seeing?
    in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Apr 22, 2013
    Indeed. Go in the morning. It is more likely to be rainy and miserable in the afternoon.

  3. RE: Food Markets in Paris
    in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Apr 17, 2013
    I liked Marche Saint Quentin.
    It was only a few steps away from our hotel at the Gare de'l Est.

  4. Re: Loja to Peru
    in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Apr 14, 2013
    Yesterday after midnight, a bus plunged down 200m into a river on the road betwen Trujillo and Hu...

  5. Re: Altitude Sickness on bus from Lima to Huancayo
    in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Apr 13, 2013
    The pass is 4800 metres.
    If you have never experienced that kind of altitude, you will think you...

  6. RE: Loja to Peru
    in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Apr 11, 2013
    Here's my favourite picture of that road:
    a vertical cliff to the left -
    sheer drop to the ...

  7. Re: Loja to Peru
    in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Apr 11, 2013
    Yes there are buses.
    No, they dont have websites and you need many different buses so I will not...

  8. RE: First time landing in Duesseldorf,Germany
    in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Apr 9, 2013
    The whole thread seems fake, like a thinly veiled advertising for that website...

  9. RE: Chiclayo to Piura / Mancora
    in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Apr 8, 2013
    No, it is not possible.
    The people who claim to have been in Mancora are all fake.
    All the unf...

  10. RE: Recent Threads/Posts
    in Check in with Lonely Planet » Report a Bug, Apr 6, 2013
    I tell them that we have to install new software because the manufacturer keeps making new versio...

  11. RE: Recent Threads/Posts
    in Check in with Lonely Planet » Report a Bug, Apr 6, 2013
    OK now that I wrote a reply, "My recent posts" has appeared.

  12. Re: Recent Threads/Posts
    in Check in with Lonely Planet » Report a Bug, Apr 6, 2013
    Same problem here. "My recent posts" has disappeared for me.
    I am noticing that people in the th...

  13. RE: Unusual tours/sights in Germany
    in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Mar 27, 2013
    Oops - I just posted a reply but it needs to be approved by the mods. Probably the sites I sugge...

  14. RE: Unusual tours/sights in Germany
    in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Mar 27, 2013
    Near Bamberg there is an old bombing range where the "Stukas" did practice runs before the German...

  15. RE: Air fares go into a tailspin, down 20% to 30% from March last year
    in Departure Lounge » Asia - Indian Subcontinent, Mar 24, 2013
    Air fares go into a tailspin, down 20% to 30% from March last year
    _Air fares go into a tailsp...

  16. RE: Cuzco-How rainy during Feb & Mar?
    in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Mar 24, 2013
    The rainy season in the Andes has a general pattern of nice weather in the morning, and rains in ...

  17. RE: How rainy is Feb & Mar in Cuenca?
    in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Mar 23, 2013
    If it rains too much in Cuenca, head further south to Loja or Vilcabamba.
    If you still cant sta...

  18. RE: Indian visum
    in Departure Lounge » Asia - Indian Subcontinent, Mar 23, 2013
    You can not drive to Sri Lanka. It is an island.