Thursday Mar 15/12 update
Bella was waiting for the cleaning ladies then was going to
look for some small but heavy plants for the house.
I caught the #13 to the Mall De Rio then walked up the
Autopista to the Turi traffic circle and started the climb up the road. A little ways up the road there is a stone
stairway that an expat told us was 786 steps.
I opted to stay on the road and, while it mat be longer, it is much
easier on the knees to maintain the steady slope.
Turi is a mountaintop town on the south edge of Cuenca, almost dead south from El Centro.
There is a pretty white church that is lit up at night and it is just so
pretty. The views of Cuenca from up there are breathtaking.
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| 120315 Turi |
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| 120315 Turi |
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| 120315 Turi View 1 |
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| 120315 Turi Church |
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| 120315 Turi and Cuenca |
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| 120315 Turi View 2 |
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| 120315 Turi view of our area (arrow),,3 hospitals in this shot |
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| 120315 Turi view of El Centro+Immaculate Conception |
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| 120315 Turi Church inside |
I only took 126 photos, I thought it would have totaled a
lot more, as well as 10 videos. Here are
a few:
Cuenca, Ecuador as seen from Turi –
LAN Plane Landing
In Cuenca, Ecuador
On the way up the hill to Turi is a small former café that
we looked at 2 years ago. It is very
small but seems to have a lower level for more living quarters. At the time it was for sale for $39,000 and
it appears unchanged from 2 years ago.
The fellow in the big house next door owned it. It is right on the road up the hill so there
would be some traffic noise but the views this place has are absolutely some of
the best in Ecuador. It would need a little renovation and,
depending on how much room there is on the lower level, it would make a cozy
little home with vistas to die for.
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| 120315 Anybody want to buy this? |
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| 120315 This is its view! Spectacular! |
To the left of the church is another hill with a great
souvenir shop and a little climb up near the communication towers for a
spectacular view again.
To the right of the church there is a large commercial
center for sale too. There are many
ground floor spaces for little stores and souvenir shops and it looks like it
went bust some time ago. The upper
floors could be expensive condos with expansive views. This place is just
waiting for an entrepreneur. Tour buses
and school groups all make the trip to Turi so it is continuously busy.
Further to the right is another path up another mountaintop
that is even higher. At the top this
fellow was leveling some ground so I chatted with him as he spoke some
English. He bought the mountaintop place
with several buildings, about 300 feet squared, for $40,000 2 years ago he
said. I think he was pulling my leg but
he did seem deadly serious. He has a
building being prepared to open as a restaurant, again with the best views in
the area. He has lookout towers, and
even a small residence for overnight guests wanting an experience. Between two gum trees he has a long swing
that the brave can swing out over the edge of the mountain. He has a lot of work to do. It is quite a climb up there and he admitted
it is quite a chore to get groceries up there.
I suggested he build a funicular and he would have people crawling all
over the place.
I wandered behind the church too to see a gorgeous valley
behind the mountain too. Turi is another
beautiful suburb of Cuenca
that would be a striking home place. The
main problem is access. I saw two
different city-type buses but neither seem to connect with Cuenca, but then I wasn’t really watching at
Mall de Rio, which would make the most sense.
From this mountaintop we look directly down on the Mall De
Rio to the left, the Avenida Solano in the centre pointing to El Centro, and the new Costto store to the
right.
I started my walk down and decided to head over to Costto to
see if it had changed any since I was last there. Nope, no changes at all, so I continued to
catch the feeder road to the Avenida Solano.
I was shocked to see that it was the Veinte Quattro De Mayo, the 24th
of May, which continues to a block behind our house! I did make it to Solano and its lovely
boulevards with a direct view to the Immaculate Conception cathedral. I hope you don’t tire of shots of this great
symbol of our city as I never tire of getting shots from any vantage point
possible.
I made it down to the Diez De Augusto where our #15 bus
travels and checked out a church there that also had magnificent views of the
cathedral, of course. This is where I
got the video of the bird singing:
After 5 hours of walking my feet were getting leaden so the
#15 was a welcome ride home.
We stepped out to a little hole-in-the-wall restaurant for supper (total $4.35) then went for a quick ice cream. Bella had a 10c cone and I had a 30c cone which we gobbled on the way to Coral. We bought some plants, pots and dirt to finish off our decorating. Now, the house is officially complete.
That was today’s excitement.
Enjoy the pics. Hugs to all.
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| 120315 Oh I want this tree! |
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| 120315 I climbed both those Turi hills |
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| 120315 Church on 10 De Augusto + Solano |
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| 120315 View of University and El Centro |
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| 120315 Eyes In The Sky |
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| 120315 Another lawnmower being moved |
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| 120315 View of Turi from the Autopista |
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| 120315 Turi posers 1 |
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| 120315 Turi posers 2 |
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| 120315 Turi posers 3 |
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