Cuenca in Ecuador:
We finally reached Ecuador after a couple of days spent in sunny Mancora. We left Mancora at 2pm and the journey was supposed to be 8 hrs but after delays on the road, waiting for the bus and at customs we arrived at 11.30pm at Cuenca after an epic bus ride from Huaquillas (Ecuador customs) to Cuenca! I like driving fast (please ask Stu for that!) but the bus driver was absolutley "loco" (crazy)!!! What an experience!
Cuenca (2550m), situated centre south of Ecuador, is the third city in Ecuador and considered the most beautiful in the country but the old town in Quito is supposed to be superb too...I will let you know later...The city was obviously full of colonial houses and buildings and was really superb! It is a fusion between 3 cultures: Canari, Inca and Spanish so showed a very rich architecture. Due to its proximity to mountains and its wealth, it was like a swiss town in the outlying area with lots of superb chalets!
- The "catedral vieja" or "El Sagrario" or the old cathedral was built in 1567 by the Spanish. The church has been now restored in order to create a religious art museum (open to the public),
- The "catedral nueva" or "catedral de la Immaculada Conception" was built end of the 19th century and since 1976 it is acting as the current cathedral of Cuenca,
- The church of Santo Domingo view by night with nice coloured lights. Its the second biggest church in Cuenca and was built over 20 years in the early 20th century. For the story, the lights were changing colours from red, blue, green to purple but I had not realised that! So I took a first picture without flash giving a blue colour to the church then I took a picture with the flash and the colour came red! I thought that my flash was able to modify the colour!!! You know when you are travelling your brain is quite on sleep!!!
- A very beautiful colonial builing, main office of a bank,
- Inside the "Casa de la Mujer" or "house of the woman" where lots of small artesanal shops can be found.
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