Cuenca Travel Blogs

My daypack has been stolen. It contained 300 quids worth of gear and it´s all gone. My Ipod, fleece, sunglasses, swiss army knife, first aid kit,  even my Lonely Planet Guidebook, the lot. Four of us were sat in a cafe having lunch, the bag was on my right but slightly behind me. I eve…

The humble guinea pig ....a  few facts; 1.  It´s one of Europe´s favourite family pets  2.  It´s a pretty cute furry little animal that likes to run around on wheels at all times of the day and night 3. The shamans in the Amazon use it as a key tool to diagnose human ailment…

My return to Ecuador, this time i went alone, and for 3month, to learn spanish. now it is like my second home, and i know i will return! (text is in swiss-german...sorry guys..but i don't wanna translate...but there are also a lot of pictures)

Great city, its at the highlands of Ecuador.  I stayed at a hostel wich had everything, great food, hot water, internet and it was right beside Tomebamba river, wich was absolutely beautiful. This city has a great number of churches, which are not only beautiful but have a great historical val…

After our disappointing day in Alausi, the Germans and I continued on to Cuenca together with hopes of green pastures.  The light drizzle could not the hide the beauty of this Spanish feeling colonial town as we walked the streets in the morning.  The Inca ruins in town were a bi…

One of the most amazing little countries. Beautiful place and people. The Amazon and the Andes...what more could you ask for. Stayed in the Amazon. Also took a train from Quito to Cuenca through the Avenue of the Volcanoes.

So, hier nun also ein bisschen etwas von dem, was wir in 5 Wochen in Ecuador, Peru und nochmal Ecuador mit der Kamera eingefangen haben! Eindruecke einer nicht immer leichten aber dafuer abenteuerreichen und vorallem schoenen Reise :)

Little time in Ecuador. Ended too soon. Volvere algun dia.

Cuenca - written up as the 3rd largest and most attractive of Ecuador´s cities.  Unfortunately, it far from lived up to expectations and sadly left a bitter taste at the end of a superb 3 weeks in Ecuador. The journey from Baños had been yet again been filled with great views on a lovely cl…

So if you're told to meet at a hotel at 8:20 a.m. and you stand in it's doorway between 8:10 and 8:35 you'd expect to be found wouldn't you ?  Sadly it was not the case for me so I'm not quite sure what went wrong here. The friendly staff at the Inca Real hotel jumped on the phone to my tour …

Cuenca seemed to be at the heart of the tourist trail through Ecuador. I suppose that the UNESCO world heritage site designation, agreeable climate, and charming amalgamation of quaint colonial character and upscale modernism are partly to blame. With around 500,000 people Cuenca is the third …

We arrived very late into Cuenca and decided to head for the largest cheap hotel we knew of to be sure of a bed.  It ended up not being too bad, although without the niceties of smaller and more expensive ´backpacker´lodgings. Sunday we had a walk round the city and had a look at some Inca …

Beautiful country that can't be missed. Didn't even get to the coast but had a blast. Places Visited: Guayaquil, Cuenca, Riobamba, Banos, Quito, Otavalo

19-7-2009 Galapagos - Guayaquil - Cuenca Vandaag een reisdag. Eerst de trip van een uur naar de luchthaven (die weg heb ik nu ook al tig keer gezien) en daarna de bus naar Cuenca. Ik heb besloten niet naar Guayaquil te gaan. Het enige interessante leek mij daar de nieuw aangelegde boulevard, maarj…

Meinen schoenen 9 1/2 Tage im wundervollen Cuenca!