Everything was closed and we had to wait until seven to leave our backpacks in a storage room, in order to visit the city without carrying them.
Finally we got out of the station and took a bus to the city center, which is in a well preserved colonial and republican style.
In the main square of Cuenca there is a huge romanic brick cathedral. Very impressive from the outside and also well restaured.
We discovered a very good and clean local market, where you can find tropical fruits and products. Very colorful with nice vendors. You can also buy fresh pork as you can see on the photo!
After our small city center tour, we went down to the river that crosses the city. The water is transparent, with big stones and green grass around...very impressive for a latinamerican city!
On the river side there are small cafeterias, where you can find local and international products like "empanadas chilenas", which we had for breakfast.
Our time was going out, since we just had 5 hours to visit the city, so we decided to go up to the city "mirador", where you have a great view of whole Cuenca and especially of the cupples of the main cathedral.
We came down walking from the mirador, so at the end we were really exhausted. A big hamburger (the best ever!) gave us energy to continue our trip at 1:00 p.m. to "Huaquillas" (on the ecuadorian border), since we wanted to cross the border during the day, and as you will see it was a good idea...
Caro
1 comment:
¡Qué cansado te ves David!, pero se justifica, verdad?
Aunque la arquitecta no quiso que viéramos su cansada carita, nos da cátedra de arquitectura, con la cámara y con el texto que acompaña.
Qué tomas tan hermosas¡¡
Cuando vaya a Cuenca sabré que estoy frente a un estilo republicano o románico, Qué bien¡¡¡, la foto del río es preciosa, se le ve la transparencia.
Bellas todas las fotos que han incluído de los coloridos mercados, qué chistosa la del puerco¡¡¡
Cierto que uno puede pasar todo el blog a un CD; sería una guía maravillosa de viaje, verdad?
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