The restaurant Raymipampa where we ate our first dinner in Cuenca

Banos to Cuenca

---

July 31st 2012
Day 13: Banos to Cuenca 3: We decided to take the 8:45 bus to Riobamba with a connection there to Cuenca, so we were up fairly early, ate breakfast, and headed to the bus terminal. I'd forgotten and Manoli didn't realize that the trip to Cuenca was so long... about 8 hours! The trip started sort of the way it ended... delays and bad luck. First of all, the bus left over half an hour lat ... read more

South America » Ecuador » South » Cuenca

---

The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more