This short blog is dedicated to all our economically minded readers. And believe me I do not list myself anywhere near that category!
While sitting in the travel agency yesterday waiting to be picked up for our day tour of Wari and Quinua we noticed that it also was a booking agent for Star Peru Airlines. I casually requested the approximate price of an air ticket to Lima and back in March. To the uneducated of the Peruvian ways this is virtually asking them to book the actual tickets!
Nevertheless, after checking dates, times and available flights the results were rather amazing. For Marion and I to fly to Lima for ten days in March and then return the total cost in US dollars was $274.00.
Now you need to look at some comparisons. First, we flew one way in December and the tickets cost $210.00 US, $105.00 US each! Second, the Cruz del Sur bus tickets are $45.00 US per person, one way. Total cost for both of us travelling that way being $180.00 US. Finally, I am trying to recall to mind what the return flight from Mildura to Melbourne actually costs these days.
You may say that the bus tickets are still cheaper than the airline tickets, I simply say what would you prefer – ten hours by overnight bus or a forty minute morning flight?
We are flying to Lima on 11th March and returning to Ayacucho to resume our lessons on 21st March.
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