By Luke, on May 11, 2011, 6:45 am
We arrive in Cuenca early evening from Loja after a 6 hour bus ride. We headed straight for a hostel which we had picked out of the footprint. Casa Cauncana is situated in the centre of town it was a great location but a little noisy when the weekend came round. After having no luck finding a market we grabbed a bite at a local Mexican before heading to bed.
Walking around Cuenca, Ecuador
You can easily spend a day walking around the old colonial centre of Cuenca. The architecture has endless details which keep you engaged for hours. Thousands maybe even millions of small bricks with large almost marble like pillars around huge doorways make the cathedral one of the most breathtaking I have seen on my travels so far. Small squares with busy market stalls are dotted all over and their are at least two impressive markets Colonial Cuenca, Ecuador
By Katherine, on March 6, 2011, 1:49 pm
Wow! Best £120 pounds I have ever spent! Bolivia is spectacular! The views were so serial and seemed to change around every corner and over every hill. I can’t very easily put into words the amazing scenery we have seen over the last few days so I will keep the writing brief and try and attach some photos. After speaking to many people we opted to do the 4 day tour from Tupiza to Uyuni (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid territory for those of you that have seen it). This basically means that we saw all the beautiful scenery in the south of Bolivia leading up to the final day visiting the salt flats. After much deliberation between two companies, la torre and Tupiza tours, we chose Tupiza tours due to their glowing reviews.
The route is identical but Tupiza tours were that little bit more professional. No Salt Flats and Southern Bolivia
By Luke, on February 10, 2011, 8:09 pm
We arrived in Campo Grande in the morning sometime, it was about 6 days ago now and mid morning is about as one time as the buses get in Brazil and undoubtedly the rest of South America. Anyway, the bus station at Campo Grande has recently moved to a site some 13 kilometers out of town, this through us to begin with. We found some help from the hostel who we had booked, from what I can gather they where busy prowling for business at the bus station. They kindly offered to take us to their hostel, did I mention we had booked it and had email conversation with them…
On arrival they had no information about the booking we had made with them through hostel Booker’s. Anyways they knocked ten reals off the bill so we where happy for the moment. I should mention at this point that we met Nic am Olly, a couple from London travelling for 3 A tour of the Pantanal with Ecological Expeditions
By Luke, on July 11, 2009, 10:09 pm
Whats it really like being a chalet host?
Get a Job in the French Alps
Being a chalet host in the French Alps is not easy, it can be really hard work. The bloke you share a room with is a nutter, its minus 20, your guests this week are a bunch of wankers and your wine delivery cant gt up the hill because of the weather. Is it that bad really, no of course not. . . you wake up on your ONE day off and there is6ft of fresh powder and you know exactly where to go to get at least 2 lines of fresh snow before the punters recover from their hangovers, you have had an adrenaline pumped day on the hill and you head back to resort for a drink before you start work, serve up a pro dinner and head to the bar with 10 things to think about as a chalet host
By Luke, on July 1, 2009, 10:29 pm
A slight insight into the Glastonbury festival, my review talks through some of the things which i are important and so amazing about Europe’s biggest festival! My Glastonbury Festival 2009 Review
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