Comments on the style saloniste: The Eye Must Travel: Into the Cloudforest at Mashpi Lodge in Remote Ecuador

Excellent post about Mashpi! Thanks a lot The Styl...

2015-07-10T06:56:14.506-07:00

Excellent post about Mashpi! Thanks a lot The Style Saloniste for mention us in it "Metropolitan Touring, the company that runs Mashpi Lodge...", we can help with special package combination for Galapagos + Mashpi Lodge in Ecuador here http://www.metropolitan-touring.com/ecuador/mashpi-lodge/

Another fabulous post about an extraordinary eco l...

2015-07-09T17:43:45.673-07:00

Another fabulous post about an extraordinary eco lodge.
Another coincidence! Our daughter and family who went down the river in Asia on the same boat you had been on; are on their way to this exact lodge!! And then the Galapagos on "The Grace" which was Princess Grace's yacht with 3 other families!

Do you have the same travel agent???? I find this totally remarkable!!!

Brava! What a gorgeous place!

Dear Friends- I love your messages and emails...

2015-07-07T15:53:08.874-07:00

Dear Friends-

I love your messages and emails and Facebook posts and all other communications.

It is fantastic to hear from you.

Today I received the following lovely message from my friend ARLETTE--

The Eye must travel....INDEED... And THANK YOU so much for offerings us such incredible voyages .. The photos filled my heart with joy ... Arlette

Dear Friends- Received a lovely note from my fr...

2015-07-07T13:27:08.377-07:00

Dear Friends-

Received a lovely note from my friend, Richard Holkar in Paris and India and around the world:

WOW!!! We have to go there, Diane.

best

Richard

DEAR BRYN AND AMY AND SUSAN AND PHILIP AND EVERYON...

2015-07-07T13:08:51.143-07:00

DEAR BRYN AND AMY AND SUSAN AND PHILIP AND EVERYONE--

I've received a fantastic response to this post--and I hope you'll be able to visit.

Here's a lovely message from my friend, the designer Shelby de Quesada:

You have made me into a believer! Beautiful article
Thank you!
Shelby

This is your most stunning post to date. Thank yo...

2015-07-07T08:36:04.340-07:00

This is your most stunning post to date. Thank you so much for sharing these breathtaking images with us!

Diane - thank you for the vicarious tour. Looks li...

2015-07-07T07:16:31.078-07:00

Diane - thank you for the vicarious tour. Looks like an amazing experience!

Yet again, you've inspired a destination to ad...

2015-07-07T06:56:40.080-07:00

Yet again, you've inspired a destination to add to my "must-see" list. Thank you.

Dear Philip- Ecuador is so easy to get to…I was ...

2015-07-06T13:19:09.347-07:00

Dear Philip-

Ecuador is so easy to get to…I was surprised.

I flew from San Francisco to Houston--Quito.

The other surprise: Ecuador is known for the Galapagos but less known for Cloudforest or even Quito.

Next week, I will write about Quito…which has a superb world heritage old town.

The Spanish conquistadors arrived in the fifteenth-century--closely followed by the church/ fathers/ missionaries. History is lively…and good things and tragic things happened. One very good outcome was that the church / leaders build hospitals and schools and monasteries, churches, cathedrals…which are today unknown treasures.

Cloudforest…a very rare and special experience. I hope you take a break to go there…three days would be perfect…or four or five…wishing you a great TRIP--diane

Loved your description of the natural setting as y...

2015-07-06T12:46:03.397-07:00

Loved your description of the natural setting as you explored the cloud forest, engaging all the senses. Thank you for sharing this remarkable lodge and place. I cannot wait to go.