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 Luke, on May 3, 2011, 6:45 pm
After a wild journey from Iquitos to Equador we arrived late in Vilcabumba, it was Easter Sunday and after a fun filled weekend the town was dead. We where shattered so just found a bed and slept. We had herd that their was a nice Eco lodge just out of town so the next morning after grabbing some breakfast we went it search of it.
Rumi Wilko is around 10 minute walk put of town and is clearly signposted. The owners have created a nature reserve on their land and have cabins along the river and shared rooms which where basic but adorable. Within the reserve their are a number of walks of up to two hours, we went out for a walk in the afternoon. Some of the paths where a little overgrown and their where a huge number of spiders which was kinda good to take some Vilcabamba, a magic place in Southern Equador.
By Katherine, on April 25, 2011, 6:11 pm
 Hola,
We finally arrived in la Paz after a bus trip which ended up being 23 hours instead of 10. We spent a couple of days exploring la paz. We had booked a tour of the worlds most dangerous road on the Saturday. We got to the office at 7.15am as arranged. We waited and waited and nobody arrived. All sorts of things were going through our heads about it being a scam. Finally the other couple gave up hope and left at 8.45 so we thought we would go too. When they finally opened the office at about 11am we were waiting for them. The had 650 Bolivianos of our money! It turns out that our guide had a bike accident in the way to meet us. Probably a good thing he never made it to work. If he can’t ride his bike to work how is he An email Home, La Paz to Cusco
By Katherine, on February 24, 2011, 9:40 pm
So we made it across the border to Bolivia and on the train to Santa Cruz. You know how in the UK trains occassionally sway fro side to side?! Well this one did continously for 12 hours! What I cant understand though is how a train manages to be bumpy?! Anyway that was first class so we are very glad we didt take the ´Death train´ which takes twice as long and has no aircon. When I woke in the morning we were going through little villages. People were mostly just going about their day. The children were walking to school. I often see little children, only 4 or 5 years old walking themselves to school, no parents. Some people stopped what they were doing to watch the train go by. I saw a whoe family stop and stare at the train from there garden. Their tiny little houses/sheds Bolivia so Far ….
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
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