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Cuenca Apartments

As part of the Ecuador experience, the program hosts provide apartments for all the participants.  We will live in these apartments for the month we are here.  If we wish, we can use the cooking facilities to make meals or we may choose to eat at the many restaurants in Cuenca (and restaurant prices are so low here that dining out is a very attractive option).

Most of the program apartments are in the heart of the historic part of Cuenca, in centuries-old buildings that have been refurbished to meet American expectations.  Many of these apartments are quite small, and are described as studio apartments – one room with a separate, private bath room. Continue reading

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Flowers, flowers and more flowers

Two Who Trek has briefly mentioned the Flower Market in the heart of Cuenca before.  But this place is so special, we decided to give more detail and photos of the flower market.

The traditional Flower Market is on Calle Sucre, across from the new Cathedral.  The market is in a small open-air plaza in front of the Church of El Carmen, a colonial era church.  This square is adorned with the façade of the church and the church is made of carved stone.  Continue reading

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Up on the Housetops, Click, Click, Click . . .

Here is a special gift from Two Who Trek — a collection of rooftop photos!  These are all photos we have taken on our journeys.

No, we don’t specialize in house top photos, nor do we have any connection with the shingle-making industry.  Actually, Joe has a thing against ladders.  Continue reading

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Where?

Ever had the desire to live in a foreign county?  Maybe not forever, but at least during the cold winter months?  Twowhotrek have had that idea for some time.  Now we get a chance to live that dream.

In March 2007, Twowhotrek visited South Africa.  We really enjoyed the city of Capetown, the beauty of the surrounding area, and the vineyards not too far to the east.  After a cold Michigan winter, the warmth of South Africa’s late summer felt great.  One day the thought came as we were bouncing on a tourist bus – why not spend a month in Capetown some US winter?  After all, of the eleven national languages in South Africa, English is the one most commonly used.  They even drive halfway normally, just on the other side of the road.  Sadly, mundane things like having to work for a living have prevented that dream from coming true so far (but we haven’t given up yet!).

Fast forward to 2012.  Continue reading

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Why?

Why?  I was three, asked that question repeatedly and still do.  Travel requires taking what we have learned and applying it to something unknown.  Situations encountered while traveling test physical, intellectual and spiritual sensibility and stamina.  We have been blessed with finding an equitable partner on such journeys.  The middle of life – or a story –  is a good place to start cataloging our adventures, experiences and growth opportunities.  In 2006, we visited Peru.  Is this simply a journal of our return to the “land of the llama”?  We’ll see what happens on the road.

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