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  • Day 24

    Cuenca

    September 3, 2022 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    A four hour drive through juicy green mountains (changing buses in the city Loja, which looked nice but which we unfortunately had to skip), we arrived in the capital of southern Ecuador, Cuenca.
    Cuenca actually means "water basin", as many streams from the nearby mountains meet here. First a cañary settlement, then an Inka town, then a Spanish city and now Ecuadorian, Cuenca is proud of its own cuisine, history and even accent.
    We took a walking tour in the afternoon, saw some of the many churches and got a first feel of the city.
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