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Cuenca Slideshow
Cuenca
Travel Blogs from Cuenca, Ecuador
Mis amigos de Pulinguí
Somtijds neem ik op mijn tocht door het niet altijd even liederlijke platteland van Ecuador een wat lollys of broodjes mee voor kinderen langs de weg. Zo reden we laatst richting Tena in de Amazone door een erg bergachtig gebied. Bij het aanzien van ...
My favorite Ecuadorian city!
... can't believe how long ago he was living in Marshville with us! Cuenca is also the home to the "Panama Hat," handmade in Ecuador, but I think they were exported through the Panama Canal, hence the name. Of course I had to purchase a few hats, ...
Cuenca
... hats, two for John and one for Anna. The name of the Panama hat is in fact a misnomer, as they originate in Ecuador and only picked up the name after becoming popular with Americans and Europeans building the Panama Canal. We enjoyed a few ...
Cuenca - the charming heart of Ecuador.
... . Once again there are more churches that seems absolutely necessary but they are are all so impressive and lovingly maintained. Cuenca is also the most ´trendy´ city i have been to so far. It has some very cool bars and ...
Colonial Cuenca is quiet
We didn´t do a great deal in Cuenca but it deserves a mention as we stayed at a great place for a couple of days. We found an excellent little homely guesthouse with a pool table and cheap beers as our base and simply wandered the streets for a couple ...
Cuenca
... after breakfast for what turned out to be a really memorable day visiting a succession of fascinating places around the Cuenca area. Our guide, Xavier, is terrific,helpful, knowledgeable and a good laugh. Went first to a little village called ...
Further South
... hello and she threw up, I may have been away for a long time but I haven't lost it. I stayed at a very 'hip' hostel in Cuenca, Verde Limon. My room key had a Che Guevara key ring, it doesn't come much more hip than that. The place is really run down and ...
A quick stop in Cuenca
... in South America. The plan for the 10 hour journey was to take the first bus to Huaquillas, getting stamped out of Ecuador, before changing bus and entering Peru. Everything was going smoothly until we reached Huaquillas. Around 1:30am we stopped at ...
Rainy day in Loja... off to Cuenca
... who was visibly sick, with a vomit bag, after I noticed and noone else was giving her their seat. Anyways, I arrived into Cuenca, already seeing some beautiful colonial type roofs and Church steeples as we drove into the bus terminal, contacted my host ...
Breaking and Entering-Okay, just entering
Yes, I am a criminal. An outlaw if you will. What happened was that we were on the bus, on the way to the national park, when we realized that the bus actually went through the middle of the national park. Well, there was one or two ...
Moving right along
... same flavor as its Quito sister. The food is good, the rooms are charming, but it's loud because of the restaurant. I'm glad I saw Cuenca; I'd like to give it a second look. And those 3 days? It looks like I won't be able to do the Inca Trail trek ...
Not made in Panama? I did not know hat!
After our final stop in Peru, our next stop was Ecuador and the city of Cuenca. After the trials and tribulations of Peru, Cuenca was like a breath of fresh air! Although it Ecuador's third largest city, it is a quaint, charming town ...
Here we UNESCO again...
... Heritage site, but I can't help but wonder what the criteria for selection are. I've been to three now (Quito Old Town and Cuenca in Ecuador, and Stone Town in Zanzibar) and I really can't see what stand out features any of them has. Maybe I'm blind, but ...
Rats in Cuenca
... an easy journey and it was more or less just took a while, but oh my god is the scenary on these southern roads of Ecuador unreal. You are just so high up on crap roads snakeing around the mountains and see these vast valleys below you and still there ...
Acclimation, magic shows and surprise parties
... club that causes me more nightmares than any magic could ever alleviate. Note to the interested traveler: don't go to a party in Ecuador unless you have either no desire to leave or a signed and notarized excuse to do so. This piece of ...
Market Day
... nbsp; 1 lg bunch of bananas $0.50 Head of lettuce $0.50 We have also noticed some interesting things about Cuenca. Firstly, we have yet to see someone smoking, anywhere. Secondly, it is very, very clean. Even the day after 4 days ...
A Dozen Roses
This morning we took a taxi uptown at 8:30 am to be at the bank when the doors opened. All went off without a hitch this time and we were able to successfully withdraw our rent money at last. But more importantly, a landmark occasion! We passed by the ...
Deserts, bananas and Heidi
... I'd pay his very reasonable $20 fee for 15 minutes of his time. To put this in context, the entire 5 hour bus ride to Cuenca (with 'student discount', of course) only cost $5. He left looking disappointed with my final tip, but I suspect I was too soft ...
Are we home now?
... decided to move to Cuenca for a few reasons - mostly because we felt very happy and free in Ecuador - with its easy immigration laws and constitution...and Cuenca has a great growing expat community that we felt would be supportive. But back ...
Bus , bus, bus...CUENCA...bus, bus, bus
... up in the park by a group of guys who can't have been older than 18 and their opening line was..."Are you from Cuenca?". Stupid children haha! We did however manage to fit in some cultural excursions at the Museum of Modern Art (which ...
Arriving in the country that touches the heavens
... art, and a teleférico ride to the top of a mountain that overlooks Quito and its appendages. We flew into Cuenca on Thursday evening, no surprise--a delayed flight and extra money for the heavy luggage. Landing at the airport here was ...
Our first Inca ruins in Cuenca
... found out that our hostel was going to be playing the Super Bowl. It was a pretty good game, although I wish the Cardinals had won. Cuenca is a very nice town. It is not as big as Quito and the architecture is alot older. The next day we did a tour of ...
The highs and lows of the Andes
... today. We now plan on looking round Cuenca which is an awesome city. It´s by far the nicest place we´ve been to in Ecuador, with a large student population which meant the bar area was heaving last night. We´re then going to cross the border and move ...
Parque Nacional El Cajas, Ecuador
... van gisteren en eergisteren vandaag toch weer vroeg opgestaan om te vertrekken richting het Parque Nacional El Cajas, vlak bij Cuenca. Maar ten gevolge van de onbehulpzaamheid van de mensen in de busterminal en elders geraak ik uiteindelijk pas tegen ...
Cuenca
... sections so you couldn´t see what was coming the other way, character building. Shout out to Mauricio and his family for inviting me to lunch at their favourite Cuenca to Loja stop off, very much aprreciated and good luck with your own bike ...