Cuenca Travel Blogs - Page 2

School 8 until 12.  During my lesson Rafael takes me to the Panama hat factory, which is very interesting.  Did you know that Panama hats are made in Cuenca?  They became known as Panama hats because they were exported to Panama, where men working on the construction of the Panama Ca…

Roundtrip to Ecuador!

Arrived in Cuenca and have spent a few days here.  It´s nice - many colonial buildings and interesting looking churches in the central area, with a pleasant and safe atmosphere.  They actually make an effort to keep it clean too - I´ve spotted road sweepers which is a first since I´ve …

5 months and 5 countries... so far just a few photos with writings to come

I got into Guayaquil, Ecuador about 7 P.M. then took a taxi to the bus station and got on a 8 P.M. bus to Cuenca. I arrived in Cuenca at 11:30, found a hostal (El Cafecito, 5 bucks) and went to find some food. I asked around, most people told me there was no luck except snacks, then a security guar…

5h-busfahrt weiter noerdlich erreichen wir cuenca. das kleine staedtchen gehoert dank seinen vielen kolonialbauten zum unesco weltkulturerbe. zudem ist cuenca beruehmt fuer seine panama-strohhuete. diese werden nicht etwa wie der name faelschlicherweise vermuten laesst in panama, sondern traditione…

Mine and Vera's trip around South America

Hello all, Well, Lindsay and I went our separate ways yesterday, much to my dismay. We have loose plans to meet up again in Vilcabamba this coming week and I really hope it happens. I took our picture down from the main page in a sad little fit I had last night after we split up and I do…

Join me catchin trains, planes and automobiles on my year long travels to China, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Boliva and Ecuador. 06/07...08.

A year spent exploring South East Asia, Australasia and my favouriter continent of South America

Hi all My name is Mark Robertson, 27 years old from Wellington, New Zealand. I'm off to Bogota, Colombia on 4 March 2008 from Auckland New Zealand, via Buenos Aires. Spending 1 month in Colombia attending a Colombian friend's wedding before backpacking my way from Colombia to Argentina, via Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia over the following 5 months.

We swiftly avoided Guayaquil on Wednesday afternoon and got the first bus out of there to Cuenca where we took a chance on getting a couple of extra nights in the hostel we had booked for the Easter weekend. Cuenca is a lovely city, much smaller than Quito and more charming. It has been pretty busy…

This is what happens when you quit your job and buy a one-way flight to South America.

Arriving in Cuenca's historic centre, it wasnt the Ecuador we knew. The colonial style buildings with little balconies were all class, there were trendy little cafes everywhere, lots of clothing and shoe stores, some organisation in the road rules, a beautiful river running through the middle.…

Our route through Central and South America..