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June 13th 2007

Published: June 13th 2007

The plan was to sell Miriam's Car in Cuenca with the help of her Brother Santiago, so that involved a fairly substantial road trip but first we would stop in Babahoyo to pay a visit to Miriam's Mum and Aunt. I always enjoy coming out of Quito and hitting the tropical plains and feeling the warm breeze, looking at the local shops and houses as they pass by. Babahoyo is a fairly plain town with ... Read Full Entry

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Flooded Cuenca River

Spanish Church

Old Cathedral

It was built in 1557, but soon was too small for the faithful of the town. and redone in 1880. It is no longer consecrated and is operated as a museum.

Cuenca Street

Cuenca Sweet Market

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...........

Park Abdon Calderon

Cuenca

Stacked It!

You think that 10,000 Gallons of high octane fuel a mere 7ft away from you might be cause for caution when driving...............wouldn't you?

Stacked It!

Peligro means dangerous not Lemming in Spanish by the way.

Incan Temple of Sun

Most of this chamber has fallen down.

Ingapirca

In an origin myth of the Incans the sun god Inti ordered Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo to emerge from the depths of Lake Titicaca. They wandered north to establish the city of Cusco by means of underground caves.

Incan Temple of Sun

The temple of the sun was positioned so that on the solstices, at exactly the right time of day, sunlight would fall through the center of the doorway of the small chamber at the top of the temple.

Incan Temple of Sun

The building is constructed in the Incan way without mortar.

Incan Temple of Sun

The stones are chissled and fashiond to fit together perfectly.

Ingapirca

The new Spanish rulers brutally repressed the Inca's and their traditions. Many aspects of Inca culture were destroyed, including their sophisticated farming system. The Spaniards literally worked the people to death.

Roast Pork

Not pre-packaged from M&S oh no!

Roast Pork

Parque Nacional Cajas

Notice the replanting of the Trees in lines.

Parque Nacional Cajas

El Cajas’s 70,000 acres shelter everything from cloud forest to rocky lunar landscapes.

Parque Nacional Cajas

Most of El Cajas lies above 3,000 meters Frost and ice above 4,000 meters try their best to deter the thriving of hardy vegetation such as the tiny 200-year-old quinua trees.

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