Blogs from Cuenca, South, Ecuador, South America - page 40

We are here in CUENCA for a longer stay than usual and that's because we like it here, plus there's lots to see and do and the climate is right at just over 7,000 feet. Cuenca is Ecuador's third largest City and has a gorgeous location in the mountains of the southern highlands. It's prosperous, historical and was named a UNESCO heritage city in 1999. Around every corner you are bound to stumble upon another stunning church, park or dramatic building loaded with character. There are lots of great shops, cafes, museums and an interesting mix of people. There are lots of students, slick businessmen and the ever colorful indigenous women with their babies wrapped to their backs tottering off to market--in short: something for everyone. At the Museo Pumapungo they have a fabulous ethnographic ... read more

Hallo, ( English version is coming soon) Een woordje over het transportsysteem hier in Zuid America: ofwel stap je naar een centraal station waar je een kaartje koopt voor een traject tot een ander centraal station, en stap je op de bus om zeker nog een kwartier te wachten voor die bus echt vertrekt, ofwel sta je ergens langs de weg en luister je naar hetgeen de buitenhanger ( diegene die de ticketten controleert hangt door de open instapdeur om de haltes en het eindstation luid te roepen naar mogelijke passagiers, en ze zo in zijn bus te lokken ). Er is een chauffeur die het hele traject afrijdt, zonder echte rustpauzes, tenzij om over de middag snel in een simpel restaurant langs de weg met de liefhebbers op de bus iets te verorberen, of voor ... read more

la cajas national park South America » Ecuador » Cuenca By kevin on tourJuly 13th 2007toured through Cajas with just me and a guide, paying solo premium of course. this was a fantastic three day trek and it was mostly above 13000 feet, as can be appreciated by the low scrubby vegetation and lack of trees. furthermore, this terrain continued on and on for miles. i´m posting some photos so you can see what i mean. aside from the cajas trek, i´m now in Vilacamba which is awash in travellers, every direction you look. tomorrow i´ll head south into Peru and see what i can see. ... read more

Well I was supposed to arrive to Ecuador on Saturday, but got here yesterday (Sunday)... Having only a few Soles left (Peruvian Currency) I decided to eat cheap and go for something on the street (which I never do by the way) bad idea... Woke up in the middle of the night very sick and it continued for the entire Saturday, oh well, I guess thats almost expected to happen when you get here, lucky that was the first time. Still not feeling 100% now but much much better than Saturday. So on Sunday after I was feeling quite a bit better than I had been the day before I decided I was fit for a bus ride. I was supposed to arrive in Machala (self proclaimed banana captial of the world, FYI) from Mancora, at ... read more

Hi guys! We had much better luck leaving Puerto Lopez. We took a bus and then a short flight to a city in Southern Ecuador called Cuenca. We really love this city! It's an old colonial city with beautiful architecture and cobblestone streets with a big river running through it. Our luck with the weather has been awful! We went to see the remaining Ingapirca structures and it was cold and it drizzled. Actually, we were disappointed with the whole thing all together. The structures weren't anything special to look at. I guess if you are a history buff it would be worth checking out, but it didn't do much for us. As Dan and I have been saying a lot here in Ecuador, maybe it would have been better if the sun was shining. On ... read more