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Travel Blogs from Cuenca
Santa Ana de los cuatro ríos de Cuenca
... Why canīt Americans be this nice? Itīs a big burden to always try and show the world that not all Americans are aholes.
Speaking of aholes... I was shoved -or maybe punched- in the kidneys by a very angry old man at the market one afternoon. Aholery (aka Douchebaggery) knows no race, gender, or creed. Most of you heard this story via the recent Facebook post (thanks for all the love BTW! I so needed it!). The gringa hate ...
MTB'ing, relaxing, trainriding & citytripping
... het toch te riskeren.
Daar aangekomen merkten we dat het inderdaad een bijzonder toeristische attractie geworden was, met zelfs een gids die gedurende de 2u durende treinrit van Alausi naar Sibambe en terug continu uitleg gaf over hoe men dit spoor gebouwd had en welke moeilijkheden ze hadden moeten overwinnen. De rit zelf was zeker en vast mooi, de trein gaat immers langsheen de bergen en gaat op een bepaald moment via het zigzag-principe een helling af met een steiltegraad ...
Sunday Mass in Cuenca
Cuenca, a UNESCO world heritage site in South Ecuador provides me a good resting point, while I have just completed half of my South America trip. Moving from one place to another, I haven’t really had the chance for a free “spa” day. So now, Cuenca’s Baņos is the perfect place for this. The town has thermal sulfur baths originated from the volcanoes around. They structured a wide spa tourism ...
Road Warriors: What a Month It's Been
... sound of the waves, he said to me, 'it doesn't get any better than this'. I imagined staying at a spa resort with a big comfortable bed, curtains waving in the breeze and a cocktail beside me and thought, 'who is this man I have married?!'
Our Spanish seems to be getting worse. Nothing is sticking and we feel more and more inept the longer we are here in South America. Neither of us were good at learning French in school and at least Jim has been honest ...
MOSTLY PICS/EXPERIENCES/FYI'S
... GET QUITE ANNOYING!
DON'T TIP TAXIS! ALSO DO NOT TIP AT RESTAURANTS, EXCEPT THE HIGHER END ONES - BUT USUALLY THEY ADD THE TIP! OR HAIRDRESSERS. DON'T DRIVE THE PRICES UP FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE TO LIVE HERE! THANK YOU! Okay, so you may tip the ones who take your groceries out. REMEMBER, THE TAXIS ALMOST ALWAYS PUT THEIR FARES MUCH HIGHER FOR FOREIGNERS -- MOST DO NOT DESERVE YOUR TIPS! AGAIN, THANK YOU! THIS IS NOT THE STATES.
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