Category: Southern Ecuador
Experience An Exclusive Hot Spring Near Cuenca
Who doesn’t love a great hot spring? Add an exclusive offer that takes your health and...
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The Surprising History of Chocolate
A well-known fact about the history of chocolate is that the Mayans drank this liquor of the gods...
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Flowering Forests of Gold Arrive With the New Year
The first rains have fallen in the Zapotillo Canton of the Loja Province in Southern Ecuador. That...
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The Handwoven Makana of Azuay, Ecuador
The makana is a traditional shawl worn by the indigenous women of the Azuay Province. For...
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Cuenca’s Aboriginal Cultures Museum
As you may have noticed from our blog, we really like to explore the ancient cultures and...
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A Nangaritza River Cruise
In my article about visiting the Labyrinth of a Thousand Illusions, I wrote that our trip on the...
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Chobshi: Ancestral Home of the Cañari
Ecuador has an incredible wealth of archeology sites that few people visit. We found one of the...
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Ecuadorian Horchata
We had already tried several versions of horchata before I realized that this drink is unique to...
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In Search of the Perfect Guitar
A chance encounter with a guitar lover and fellow tourist in Cuenca led us to discover the Route...
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The Adorable El Oro Parakeet of Western Ecuador
On our recent trip through Southern Ecuador, we met lots of new birds! One of the cutest was the...
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The Labyrinth of a Thousand Illusions
As we were waiting to get our tourist visa extension in Zamora, we ran across a great guidebook to...
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The Best of Buenaventura
The Buenaventura Reserve provides easy access to explore the flora and fauna of Southern Ecuador....
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