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Correction...Cuenca -- City of a Thousand Santas
... a beer in a street corner bar -- the best (OK, only) breakdancing exhibition we've seen in the last 10 years -- the Rio Tomebamba (very pretty) -- and two basset hounds. Lined up a place to stay in Vilcabamba -- Cabañas Rio Yambala -- and then ...
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Coffee hits and colonial buildings in Cuenca
How to drive a bus in Ecuador: Lesson 1: Getting started 1) Find a dated bus, preferably with hardly any shock absorbers and hasn't had a service, MOT, roadworthy test or the like... ever. 2) Insert a bunch of travel weary gringos and a large handful ...
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Ecuadorian Panama hats & shrunken heads in Cuenca
... , and has strengthened Ecuador's economy. Speaking of money, next we walked along Calle Larga (Long street) which runs beside the Rio Tomebamba and is indeed very long, to the Museo del Banco Pumapungo, Cuenca's most important museum which spans three ...
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Collonial Jewel Of The South
... an air of quaintness, the narrow cobblestone streets, aged architecture and Grand Churches set above the grassy banks of the river Rio Tomebamba have left behind a truly beautiful colonial jewel hidden in the South of Ecuador. Bit Of Pub Quiz general ...
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more walking around
... - an error in design meant that the tall bell towers could not be supported by the building. then i walked to río tomebamba and just kind of listened to the river for a while. afterwards went to museo remigio crespo toral...one floor to ...
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Cuenca
... we stayed in the lovely Hostal Maconda. We met Jason and Kate from Oxford here, and whom we would catch up again with later. The Rio Tomebamba flows through the middle of the city, and the place has a refined feel to it. But it was mostly cold and cloudy ...
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An adventure in Cuenca
... nails and all of my clothes are totally creased. I´m loving it! The four of us decided to walk along the river(Rio Tomebamba), which is lined with colonial buildings and locals still dry their laundry on the river´s grassy banks. we came across a ...
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Panama hat shopping in Ecuador!
... was always in earshot. Perhaps one of the most impressive attributes of Cuenca is it's setting above the grassy banks of Rio Tomebamba. The river is lined with colonial buildings most of which have now been converted into restaurants, ...
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Cuenca - following the Galapagos is a tall order
... backdrop to their photos ... wonder if they knew it was going to be under renovation when they booked the church. Cuenca is set alondside a river, the "Rio Tomebamba" and there is a nice little walk along the path and road by the river a few blocks down ...
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And then it rained
... most of our time looking for food and taking photos of the massive churches. Enjoyed walking in this City and following the Rio Tomebamba (river) that runs along one side of the downtown. Sort of reminded me of Paris (France) with stone bridges and ...
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