Juan came to pick us up at 9. We'd finally settlled (or should I say- Mark finally won over the argument) that TIltil was off the itinerary, and we would settle for the Vanilla program that Juan had originally suggested.
The day prior had been taxing between the long waits, and even longer waits. Make no mistake about it though. This city, and its surroundings are driveable. This is no Lima. In fact, I dare say, the highways here are better than Canada's, and after a day trip that saw us spend what seems to be around $20-$30 in tolls that ought not to be a surprise.
It also made the whole idea of hiring a guide more sensible. Between the ordeal of renting a car, picking it up, dropping it off, filling up gas, paying tolls, creative accounting trying to figure out just how many Canadian dollars we're actually spending, parking the car at night and on and on... it didn't seem to be worth all that hassle.
And then there's the wine. We are after all in wine country, and it seemed neither fair nor appopriate that either of us would have to lose out on drinking, all on account of a drive.
We may have picked a Vanilla tour, but Juan is the farthest thing from Vanilla.
The day prior had been taxing between the long waits, and even longer waits. Make no mistake about it though. This city, and its surroundings are driveable. This is no Lima. In fact, I dare say, the highways here are better than Canada's, and after a day trip that saw us spend what seems to be around $20-$30 in tolls that ought not to be a surprise.
It also made the whole idea of hiring a guide more sensible. Between the ordeal of renting a car, picking it up, dropping it off, filling up gas, paying tolls, creative accounting trying to figure out just how many Canadian dollars we're actually spending, parking the car at night and on and on... it didn't seem to be worth all that hassle.
And then there's the wine. We are after all in wine country, and it seemed neither fair nor appopriate that either of us would have to lose out on drinking, all on account of a drive.
We may have picked a Vanilla tour, but Juan is the farthest thing from Vanilla.
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