Cuenca Hotels - Reviews and Rates

We went in search of breakfast at 10.15am, unaware that they stop serving breakfast at 9.30am. After some pleading and a bit of a telling-off by the mother however, they made an exception. Bread, jam coffee, juice. After this we went off to explore the town.

Cuenca is quite possibly the most aesthetically-delightful city I've ever had the...

¡Hola! and welcome to the last instalment before I hi-tail it back to Peru, to Chile and finally back to civilisation in NZ.

In recent days, I`ve found myself doing lots of boring stuff like completing CVs, filling out online applications (while simultaneously going nuts when the internet connection dies - which it is want to do, frequen...

So, it now turns out that the ED ******* (that would be "big F***ING boss of the ED") is hitting on me. Hmmm. And he doesn't even qualify as a white water rafting instructor either. He's really not hot. Even a boots and bums uniform wouldn't help his cause... He was stitching up some good hand trauma yesterday (yep, hand vs circular saw. Circula...

My last stop on my epic bus journey back up to Quito was Cuenca. I had read so many horrible things about the border crossing between Peru and Ecuador at Mancora that I decided to go for the simpler crossing nearer Piura. In theory it was meant to be quick and simple, and for me the formalities were really straightforward. However, we had some p...

We had an early morning 8 hour bus trip to Cuenca - the third largest city in Ecuador (and our guide Diego´s favourite). Most of the group were hung over for the trip - including Diego!) Highlights from this leg included ... * Visited Ingapirca Ruins - the largest Inca ruins in Ecuador. We saw the Temple of the Sun and a few Llamas. * Drove out ...

So far life in Cuenca has been great. We both are taking Spanish classes at the Amauta Foundation and while it is a good atmosphere and a nice way to work on conversation, paying money to speak Spanish just isn´t my style. The same goes for Maya. After two weeks I think we´ll both be happy to change things up. As for our apartment, we have a lot...

The first day of school On Monday we finally started school! The last two week we have all been working hard to get the school ready for this day. The CEDEI School has just moved to a new location. The new school site is much bigger then that old one, but needs a lot of work. We all rallied, spending weekends painting, cleaning and moving everyt...

Cuenca is a beautiful city. It looks more like something you would find in Italy or Spain than what you would imagine South America to be. We arrived in Cuenca and after a few room inspections decided on a hotel in the colonial center of town. Laura wasn't feeling well so we opted for more creature comforts than usual. Cuenca has some amazing re...

The bus ride to Cuenca was the most spectacular so far. It's difficult to get pictures and my camera doesn't do it justice anyway but it's not a sight that I'm likely to forget. Huge, steep valley's and small indigenous villages. The road has to wind around the mountains and follow the valleys. Often you look across the valley and can see the ro...

At 6:30am we caught La Nariz del Diablo (Devil´s Nose) train, which leaves on 3 times a week, and chugged along the rickety old track. This trainline used to connect Quito to Cuenca, but due to the recent (1980s and 1990s) el ninos, the landslides that occurred completely destroyed large sections of the track. The small line between Riobamba and...