Cuenca

Having made the decision to ditch the train ride in Alausi, we caught the first bus out of town, we were the only people to board the bus at 06:30 but by the time we were 20 minutes into the journey the bus was full. The four hour journey takes in some beautiful scenery, some unimaginably tight bends and some pretty scary overtaking manoeuvres but the journey ends well and we arrive in Cuenca at about 10:30.

Cuenca is a colonial city and we arrive in the midst of the residents celebrating their independence.

There were some beautiful buildings

I sat in La Merced, the central plaza which is full of people watching a procession of beauty queens, cars and bands - it was very noisy, but as soon as the last car passes by everyone leaves and I'm left sitting in the sun with only a handful of other people. 

I'm sorry to say that I didn't particularly enjoy Cuenca, it lacked soul and I was grateful that we were only spending two days there before heading to Vilcabamba.

Raine x