Cuenca
Day 231 – 234 Mon 18/4 – Thu 21/4 Cuenca
Cuenca is a lovely colonial town and I felt relaxed and spent more time that I had thought I would. I also found a couple of nice vegetarian restaurants for breakfast and lunch. I found that the folks in Cuence not to be that friendly either. My first night in Cuenca, I ran into someone peeing literally in the middle of the street and noticed that was not unusual. Nobody waking past batted an eyelid. I would find that peeing in the street or in public places with people streaming past seemed the norm in Ecuador.
After leavin Vilcabamba Monday morning around 9 am, I managed to get into Cuenca around 5 pm. Walked around a little bit and went to bed to find that my bed is right beside the restaurant run by the hostel and the played music quite late into the night. Which, of course, meant that I changed my accomodation the next day.
Tuesday was spent enjoying the beauty that Cuenca has on display and visiting Museum Pumapungo. It is an Incan ruin and owned by the Banque republica which offers it free to visitors. I enjoyed the visit very much.
I walked around my second day as well and bought a couple of books at the Eglish bookstore run by an American ex-pat. I got the impression that there are a lot of folks from USA/ Canada living in Cuenca as well. I sadly had some problems with my stomach that night and the combination of the beauty of Cuenca and my stomch made it easy for me to extend my sta by another day. I didnt do much th last day in Cuenca. A few walks around the neighbourhood and quite some time in bed!
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Damu