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Travel Blogs from Cuenca
Continuing our northward-bound trajectory
Huaraz:
Gorgeous Peruvian town in between two mountain ranges, the Cordillera Blanca (White Range, cause it's covered in snow) and Cordillera Negro (Black Range, cause it's not). We stayed in a cool little hostel on the river that was a bit of a walk away from town but not too bad and had a sweet view of Huascaran, the biggest mountain in …
Quilotoa
English at the bottom La vuelta de Quilotoa, empieza en Latacunga y nos tardamos 3 días y dos noches. Consiste básicamente en dar una vuelta en bus y pick-ups en montańas alrededor de los 4.000 metros de altura y visitar la laguna de Quilotoa que es un lugar sagrado para los indígenas del lugar y alrededores. Para ello duermes en un una casa indí …
Down to Cuenca
Down to Cuenca It is ages since we last posted a blog and we have been to a lot of places: from Mindo, to Otavalo, the Quilotoa Loop, Banos and now we have just arrived in Cuenca. We found this camping place by following our GPS to its coordinates which we had never done before and it makes for interesting driving with Sheila shouting out the …
Guayaquil und Cuenca
Von den Galapagosinseln aus, flogen wir in die grösste Stadt Ecuadors - Guayaquil. An der schönen Uferpromenade des Flusses Guayas konnten wir uns lange verweilen. Bei Einbruch der Dunkelheit wollten wir wieder zurück im Hotel sein, weil uns die Grossstädte, nach wie vor, noch nicht ganz geheuer sind. Somit verliessen wir die Stadt nach 2 Tagen und …
Is it really possible to get chaffing there?
And so it was I travelled with my Guatemalen Spanish School amiga Tiffany again and we headed down to the Quilotoa Loop winding our way past spectacular Andean scenery as the bus climbed up towards Sigchus. Well in theory that was what was meant to happen but the reality was cloud and lots of it obscuring any view other than that within 5 feet of …