Bahia de Caraquez

Before we leave just a quick picture blog about our adventures in Ecuador. It already seems so long ago….

ilse (30) — The black marker line indicates how we traveled clockwise through Ecuador. From Bahia on the far left (circle) to Quito then on to Banos. In Banos we took the bus to Lago Agrio to do our trip in the Amazone. From their back to Banos, then Alausi, Cuenca (where we felt the earthquake), then to Guayaquil, Manta en by taxi back to Bahia.

After leaving Quito (without Stefan’s IPhone) we went to Banos.

The market in Otavalo, just outside Quito. She only agreed to have her picture taken because I bought a scarve. This is a typical Ecuadorian outfit, white blouse with embroiderie, gold necklaces, colored bracelet, long wool skirt and scarve draped around the shoulders.

ilse (24) — Eating 2$ lunch in the mercado at Ottavalo.

ilse1 (5) — We did a mountainbike ride in Banos, the easy way. It was all downhill and we came back in the back of a truck with our bicycles 🙂

ilse1 (4) — Lots of waterfalls around Banos.

ilse1 (24) — On our way to the hot water baths we passed this huge cemetary, in a beautiful location, surrounded by mountains. (Stefan says: some crypts have electric lighting inside, see wire)

ilse1 (6) — Going for the calories before our camping trip to the Amazone…

ilse1 (23) — The boat in which we traveled in the Amazone. We traveled through the Cuyabeno wildlife reserve.

ilse1 (8) — Camping was very basic and good it did not rain the whole time ! I was happy this was only for 3 nights !

ilse1 (9) — Stefan together with Barry (Australia) and Raoul (Honduras), our companions on the trip.

ilse1 (7) — One of the many monkey species in the Amazone. It is one of the animals you definitely see the most.

ilse1 (11) — The Toucan ! You do not see them very often up close but you can hear them a lot. This was the best picture I could take.

ilse1 (15) — Lots of turtles that are now being bred in captivity to increase their population.

ilse1 (18) — There are many macaws in the Amazone but you can never come very close. This was one living with local indians.

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capybara, het grootste knaagdier ter wereld (ongeveer 40cm hoog) — The Capybara, the largest rodent in the world. This is a baby.

ilse1 (20) — A sad monkey captivated by an indigenous family. They keep it as a pet.

een typische woning/hut langs het water — Nobody home, they were probably gone fishing. This is a hut on the side of the river.

ilse1 (21) — Typical hut along the Cuyabeno river.

ilse1 (14) — More bird wildlife but I could not figure out what kind it was…

ilse1 (16) — Small village along the Cuyabeno river.

ilse (1) — Upon our return, we spent half a day in the warm water baths in Banos. It felt great after our camping days in the Amazone !!!

ilse (4) — Train ride in the Andes, El nariz del diablo.

ilse (3) — In front of El nariz del diablo…

ilse (6) — The train ride only lasted one hour each way but the views were beautiful. We did have a lot of fog going but on our return the clouds had lifted somewhat.

ilse (9) — Finally some blue skies in Cuenca. The Catedral Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción was only finished in 1885.

ilse (8) — Typical street in Cuenca. Cuenca is a UNESCO world heritage site and lies at an altitude of 2500M.

ilse (11) — The blue and white domes from the New Cathedral are a landmark for Cuenca. At its inauguration in 1885, the newly constructed Cathedral could accommodate 9,000 out of Cuenca’s 10,000 inhabitants at that time. Today there are about 500.000 people living in Cuenca.

ilse (12) — Lots of beautiful churches in Cuenca to visit…Church of Santo Domingo.

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We found some good restaurants in Cuenca and even tasted a roasted cavia (Cuy in Spanish), it was yummi. After the earthquake we wanted to go as quickly as possible back to our boat since we had no news and Bahia was close to the epicentre of the earthquake. We took the bus to Guyaquil, stayed their for one night and then took a bus to Manta from where we had to take a taxi since there were no buses due to the earthquake. The devastation in Bahia was enormous but we were lucky there had not been a tsunami and thus nothing happened to the boat.

We decided to leave asap to the Galapagos as there was nothing for us left to do in Bahia without internet.

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We zijn vandaag met de bus van Bahia naar Quito getrokken. Deze morgen vertrokken om 8:00 uur met de executivo bus, en we kwamen aan rond 18:00 uur. De bus was 11 $ per persoon, en onderweg hebben we voor 4$ gegeten (Ilse) en 8$ (Stefan, ik kon het niet laten om van alle venters iets te kopen om te proeven). In Quito zijn we met het openbaar vervoer vlot naar ons hotel gegaan (0,25 cents/persoon), bus in een eigen bedding, sneller dan de taxi .

De Reina del Camino bracht ons veilig naar Quito, de hoofdstad van Ecuador

Vlak na het vertrek, de kweekvijvers voor garnalen in de Chone rivier

We hadden ze gemist in Colombia, maar hier staan ze ook, de reuze palmbomen

Zoals een gewone palmboom, maar dan twee keer zo hoog

Gisteren waren we met de fiets onze busticketjes gaan halen, zo een drie kilometer fietsen langs de Chaco rivier tot aan de terminus.
Bij de terugkeer in Bahia zijn we nog het museum van de oudheid in Bahia gaan bezoeken. Het was mooier en groter dan verwacht, met een prachtige collectie voorwerpen van de eerste beschavingen in Ecuador.

Geen idee wie dit is, maar dit soort standbeeldjes zie je overal langs de weg

eerbetoon aan een of andere lokale generaal van de luchtmacht

De Chone rivier, verder weg van de zee maar nog steeds onderhevig aan getijden

Bezoek aan het oudheidkundig museum van Bahia de Caraquez, met onze gids. Het was echter streng verboden om foto’s van de voorwerpen te maken

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Categorie archieven: Bahia de Caraquez

Our journey through Ecuador

1 april 2016, Quito Equador

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