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Tuesday we did our first whale watching tour.
We saw a lot of boobys hanging out on a buoy near the shore.
Lots of photos and videos of whales, but here are a couple of good ones. For some reason, it was cloudy until we came back.
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Later Monday we walked down to the beach, past some of the neighborhood chickens. Lots of roosters in our neighborhood too, crowing all day long.
We saw pufferfish and starfish on our walk.
Here’s what it’s like traveling via the small cabs in Puerto Lopez. Depending on the cab it’s under $1.50 a ride.
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Sunday we bussed to Puerto Lopez.
On arrival, we met Paul, our Airbnb host. We took small cabs (three-wheeled motorcycle with a cage around it) back to the house.
The house was great! It had a normal shower, a pool, A/C, a full kitchen, AppleTV, lots of space, and it was only $65/night.
Monday morning we went to the fish market downtown. It was easy to find, just go to the beach and follow the birds. 😀
We saw marlin, shark, calamari, shrimp, and lots of fish. We got two kilos of deheaded shrimp for $13, and that Dorado fish being carried for $6 fileted and ready to cook.
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Saturday night, we walked the 3 km up and down the Malecon. There was an amusement park, a mall, several parks, a pirate ship, and some great views.
We got up close to a tree iguana, too.
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Saturday we traveled from Baños to Guayaquil. We saw lots of sugar cane and banana fields on the way. Lots of cheap bananas too. Bananas in Ecuador are $1 a bunch, which can have up to 24 in them.
In Guayaquil we spent our one night in a penthouse apartment. Look at all the space!
One wild feature was the electric shower heads. After a test run, we decided not to shower under this one in the video.
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Warning - Food post.
For lunches in Ecuador many places offer “almuerzos” which is a set lunch of sopa (soup), carne (a meat with sides of beans and rice) and jugo (juice) for a low price.
Today at Ingapirca a local restaurant offered quinoa soup, beef or chicken portion with rice and beans, and melon juice for $2.50. And it was a big soup. Two of us had that.
For dinner, the sushirrito place next to our hostel was finally open so we tried it out. Leanette and Chris liked their sushirritos. William is not a fan of sushi, and Sierra ate some of her tropical pokè bowl. Not having been there, we joked that Sierra and I would go to the place called Marvel burgers we saw down the street, and maybe get a strange burger.
Lo and behold, they actually had a strange burger, though we didn’t get one of those. The ones we tried were good, though. Those prices were including fries, plus second burgers were half off. Tastes a bit McDonald’s-like but still it was a burger.
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Friday morning we went to Ingapirca, the second largest site for ruins in South America. Just two hours by bus north of Cuenca, this showcases a mix of the unconquerable Kañari tribes and Incan civilization, who used interbreeding to eventually take over this land.
Though much has been taken down by conquistadors, you can see differences between the green rectangular quarried stones of the Inca and the river stones mortared with sand and manure by the Kañari.
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Thursday night jazz?
The Jazz Society of Ecuador hosted an intimate celebration of jazz at La Viña Italian restaurant just a block from our hostel.
Some old staples and some classy remakes were in the two sets. We bought a couple of CDs to support their work to teach improvisation to Cuenca youth pro bono.
Plus we had Italian food! The kids were stoked, and not just to show off their hats again.
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Thursday- hiked the Cajas!
This park is about an hour from Cuenca. The undulating terrain and altitude made for a tough hike, so we didn’t go as far as we wanted to. But, it was a really cool park to walk around. There is no admission fee. Highly recommend visiting for those who like hiking.
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The bus tour continued, and we followed the Rio Tomebamba for a while (which is right behind our hostel too). We went all the way up to mirador Turi - the lookout point over Cuenca.
You can see the blue Cathedral domes in the center of the panorama.
There is also a little church at the top here too, which you can also see from our hostel. It’s 400 steps to the top of the hill, but our bus took the road up. 🙂
Wednesday night we went to a spa. Piedra de Agua had a spa circuit we all did, including steam room, mud baths, contrasting pools, and steam boxes. It was a unique experience, for sure. We stayed for several hours, taking a late night “drive angry” cab back but we got to our hostel safe. 🚕 💨
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After the morning tour we had lunch in the old seminary. The burgers and chicken sandwiches were good.
After lunch we bus toured the south section of town, which included a hop-off for us at Pumapungo museum and ruins. This is a site of an old Incan/Cañari civilization right here in town. The museum there also had a Salvador Dali exhibit, which was expectedly weird.
Many of the rock foundations remain to this day. The tunnel for the dead was closed, which was probably for the better. That door should keep the ghosts in!
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Wednesday morning we took a bus tour of the north of Cuenca. We saw a police band in Parque Calderón, and a few of the same buildings as before, but from a double-decker bus.
Our bus photobombed some wedding pictures on the Broken Bridge. The happy couple just waved it off.
We rode to another hat factory but didn’t buy any there. We got to see more of the process in making them.
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Like many cities, there is a large colorful photo-op sign to snap a pic or two of.
Walking around Cuenca we found a tiny street between the new cathedral and seminary. It was so cute and it had some restaurants on it too.
You’ll see our new “Panamá” hats pop up in pictures for the rest of the trip. Here are a couple.
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The next stop was Museo de Sombrero (hat museum). We knew going in that we were going to come out with some hats. And we sort of did. We all tried on hats, and three of us customized our hats, so we had to come back later on the day to pick them up.
Yes even with this large selection we couldn’t find exactly what we wanted.
After we ordered our hats, but before we left, we visited the café upstairs. Chris was very glad we did, because he found apple pie.
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The New Cathedral also is known for its blue domes, which can be seen from miles around, especially when they light up at night.
The next stop on the tour was the Flower market. Flowers are for sale here 365 days/year. Ecuadorian roses are known for growing straight and tall, so they are shipped all over the world. Most days you can buy 12 for $3.50 here.
We had agua de pitimas (herbal health drink) that tasted like flower vase water.
After there we went to the market. Many locals shop here for groceries and meat, or stop in for lunch.
Depending on what you’re looking for you can go to that section of this indoor mall.
There were several whole pigs cooked and ready to serve among the four dozen restaurant kiosks. It was delicious.
Most fruit stands looked like this. There were several dozen of them. And most fruit was cheap, as it’s almost all local.
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We started Tuesday with a free walking tour of Cuenca’s historic district.
Starting at Parque Calderón, we learned about the New Cathedral and Old Cathedral in each side of the park.
The New Cathedral was open. It has been under construction for about 100 years. They won’t finish it because the towers are too tall for the low flying planes (35m of clearance already).
There is a seminary which is now several restaurants and shops. Also this old college is now a municipal building.
We didn’t tour the old cathedral. It is now a religious museum.
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Monday, after breakfast in the hostel, we took the bus from Baños to Cuenca, which is 7 hours but only $10. That took most of our day and a lot of our energy.
Our room in Cuenca is another one with a loft and upstairs beds for the kids. This hostel terrace has a view of the city and the river.
We went to a local restaurant, SoFy, which put flowers as edible garnish in each dish.
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