Ahh, the city of Cuenca. We'd read that there is a friendly competition between Quito and Cuenca residents for the 'nicest' city in Ecuador.
Obviously, nobody from Quito has visted Cuenca.
It's not a competition. Cuenca's lovely. It feels safe, it has lovely bars and cafes and has an almost-European feel (especially down by the lovely river). I liked it, especially compared to how gross Quito was/is. For instance, it is so not polluted (compared to Quito) that my nose snot (as opposed to my other snot) was not black in Cuenca! Woohoo!
There are few pleasant museums, good shopping (Panama hats! From Ecuador!) and a nice cathedral. Nearby, there is a great national park for hiking. We didn't hike though.
The highlight of the area was Ingapirca. It is a a less-good, cheap-man's Machu Pichu... but still pretty cool. I'd go into the details of what we learnt, but honestly, I'd find it boring second hand, so I'm sure you would also.
So that was Cuenca! Fun, good, clean, cool stuff... thank you Cuenca!
Thanks for reading!
Obviously, nobody from Quito has visted Cuenca.
It's not a competition. Cuenca's lovely. It feels safe, it has lovely bars and cafes and has an almost-European feel (especially down by the lovely river). I liked it, especially compared to how gross Quito was/is. For instance, it is so not polluted (compared to Quito) that my nose snot (as opposed to my other snot) was not black in Cuenca! Woohoo!
There are few pleasant museums, good shopping (Panama hats! From Ecuador!) and a nice cathedral. Nearby, there is a great national park for hiking. We didn't hike though.
The highlight of the area was Ingapirca. It is a a less-good, cheap-man's Machu Pichu... but still pretty cool. I'd go into the details of what we learnt, but honestly, I'd find it boring second hand, so I'm sure you would also.
So that was Cuenca! Fun, good, clean, cool stuff... thank you Cuenca!
Thanks for reading!
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