Tag: ecuador
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Cuenca: a pleasant city I could live in!
Our first “Cuencan” hour was lived with mixed feelings… Ok…no mixed feelings at all, M and I completely disliked it. We considered jumping back on a bus and skip Cuenca all at once. To start with, we arrived on a grey Sunday and the streets were literally empty. This made Cuenca’s town center look pretty…
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Baños, a city with millions (or so it seems) thermal baths
In some (most) places, I cannot stop taking pictures (borderline compulsive)… The light and the composition are simply perfect… Then you have some places (this remains rare!) where we have a lovely time but don’t get a chance to take any picture. For my defense though 1) Baños’ weather was outrageously horrible and light was…
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An amaz(o)ng time in the Cuyabeno Reserve or the time we fell in love with the Ecuadorian rest forest
When you do need a bus to be late, you can be sure that the said bus is going to be either right on time or even earlier than planned. We left Quito at 10:45 pm in the hope to arrive early morning in Lago Agrio – still at stupid o’clock but better than middle…