An open letter to Greyhound

Dear Greyhound,

Please get with the program.

Sincerely,

Erik Olson



We are currently heading to a town called Ica which is about 50k inland from the Pacific Ocean. Ica is a tourist destination because it is in a desert with large dunes and it is also located very close to what is apparently South America's only oasis, Huacachina Oasis. In Ica we hope to see the dunes (apparently sand-boarding adventures await), see a museum with artifacts and mummies of the people who lived in the desert before the Inca Empire, see the Oasis, and see the Paracas wildlife reserve in Paracas an hour away from Ica.

We are having a few challenges due to the holiday season. There are many people traveling during the break which sometimes makes it difficult to find accommodation, or at least affordably so. We are hoping to be in Cuzco for New Years but we were told it will be very difficult to find a hostel during that time.

Regarding the above letter. We are currently traveling 5 hours by bus using the Cruz Del Sur bus-lines. We are sitting on the second deck reclined in extremely comfortable chairs able to recline and support our legs. We have a travel attendant who brought us breakfast (a bun with meat and cheese and an apple), beverages, and is waiting in with snacks to purchase. On the televisions we have seen a Peru promotional video, Cirque du Soliel's "Allegria" (which we saw when it came through Kelowna a few years back), and we are currently watching Hugo with subtitles. I also felt welcome by the staff at the bus depot and on the bus. All of this for $40 for both of us. Why Greyhound, why?

E