Hotel La Casona Cuenca

Miguel Davila Cord 2124, Azuay Cuenca, Ecuador

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10 hours to Cuenca

A travel blog entry by bellethorpe

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So today was the day – the 10 hour bus ride and neither of us we looking forward to it, fortunately we had the private bus, so at 7.45am we headed south en route to Cuenca. The bus was built for around 40 and at a group of 16 it was capacious to say the least – we immediately took 2 seats each and settled down for the journey.

Walking around the Old Town

A travel blog entry by bellethorpe

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We woke up to some beautiful weather in Cuenca which was unusual as we had been in a cooler climate for so long. We had a banana for breakfast whilst deciding what to do and then headed on out. As we really only had one day here we wanted to make it count and had a long list of things to do.

Firstly we wanted to visit the bank museum that …

Bus

A travel blog entry by emilyharrison89

Long bus journey today of 10 hours froms Banos to Cuenca. Fortun ately made more bearable by the group decision to upgrade bus which meant we could stop off where we wanted on the way. This meant we were able to visit a market town to pick up breakfast. The indiginous women wore beautiful clothing in blue and pink, something which I had seen in the …

Roaming

A travel blog entry by emilyharrison89

Visited a panama hat factory this morning. The hats if fact originate in Ecuador but got their name as they were popular with the workers on the Panama canal. They were amazing, and range in price from $15 to $2000. The top quality ones felt so soft. Top quality hats take an expert weaver eight months to make.
We then visited a ceramic shop …

Not much

A travel blog entry by emilyharrison89

Had a lie in this morning and then walked to the main museum in the city. It was right next to the central bank and very well guarded, twenty guards with guns. The museum itself was not too impressive, there was not information in English so we didnt know what we were looking at. What was fascinating to see were the five shrunken heads in the …

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