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I have arrived!
From the airport, we had a 2-hour guided bus tour, which is important to me; one can only tell so much from a map. In addition to driving around, we went to a neighborhood several miles removed from the old city. From an overlook, we could take in the geographical context. Riding from the airport, we saw the four rivers that converge here to form …
5* Backpacking
We arrived in Cuenca at around 10.30pm and caught a taxi outside the bus terminal. A few minutes on it became clear that the driver had no idea where our hostel was. He kept stopping at various hotels which were nothing like what weīd asked for. We kept telling him the name of our hostel and asked if he knew where it was but he wouldnīt admit he …
An ‘essential’ week in Ecuador (2)
"You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy." - Eric Hoffer
The drive to Cuenta from Baņos took pretty much all day. We arrived about 6-ish after leaving some 10 hours earlier. We stopped of on route in Ingapirca to see Ecuador's biggest (but not very impressive) Inca site.
The van journey itself was really …
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A city of a hundred churches
... of my point-and-shoot to try and capture the evening light! The results are not the best, but I still had fun taking them!
I also indulged in picking different strange delicacies from market stalls, cafes and bakeries - it seems like Ecuador is a country that appreciates the bread - and the bananas! And that is a very good basis to start a relationship on very good terms! The culinary adventures of the ...
No More Gallbladder for Fred
... our American Express Card. We were handed a complete list of all the costs broken down, and you pay for every little thing.
The day Fred had his surgery, when I left just before evening, I got to experience my first bus accident! Heading down Don Bosco on the #5, the bus swerved to the left so suddenly that I thought for a second that the bus would tip over, then came the BAM! This poor tiny car was demolished. The driver ...


