ONE or TWO DAYS TRIP TO CUENCA

Traveling to Cuenca is an unforgettable experience. It can be done in one or two days.  www.guayaquilaguidedvisit.com

But more recommendable is the experience of two days.

The  face of  El Inca

 THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN 

 We depart  from Guayaquil very early towards the INCA - CAÑARI archaeological ruins complex of INGAPIRCA located 105 miles from Guayaquil

On the way we will experience the transition of a landscape of the countryside with haciendas of cocoa, banana, sugar, to start then the ascent to the mountains, the majestic Andes.

The Andes south of the equator are not very steep mountains and we will rarely see snow-covered peaks.

 Once we arrive at INGAPIRCA we found a complex of ruins INCA - CAÑARI The CAÑARI worshiped the LUNA the INCAS worshiped the SUN. For that reason we will see the two temples and we will appreciate the difference between the architectures of both cultures.

We will also see traces in very good condition of EL CAMINO DEL INCA.

We will see a UYA RUNA rock formation in which the profile of a human face can be seen.

After this lovely continue to Cuenca.

lunch

 We will visit a viewpoint in the upper part of Cuenca EL TURI from where the whole city can be seen.

We will also visit the ceramics workshop of the teacher EDUARDO VEGA here.

And in the afternoon we will walk through the cobbled streets of Cuenca

Yours truly  with  Maestro  EDUARDO  VEGA and his also remarkable artist JUAN GUILLERMO

END OF THE FIRST DAY. With an afternoon  walk 

 Walking through  Cuenca at night is also  an  amazing feat.

 Early mornig  a fruits  vendor on the streets  of Cuenca

Even graffittis  are pretty in Cuenca

On day  two  it only  gets  better, 

We are going to start the day with a short walk through the city to complete the city tour.

The FLOWERS MARKET

 PUENTE ROTO

THE PRANCING PONY cafe, ( we´ll  come back  to  talk  about  the Lord of the rings

To start our short trip to

EL CAJAS NATIONAL PARK

A moorland of exceptional beauty.

Some visitors compare this place with SCOTLAND.

 Others with a little imagination consider that this would have been the ideal place to film

 THE LORD OF THE RINGS,

In the forest  of  POLYLEPIS a really  old  forest  of several  thousands  of years old 

 Exceptional  beauty,  beyond words

 Drinking water right  from the stream

 Sunset in the morrlands

CHUQUIRAHUA the symbol  of the Andes

Andean  gull

My companion always, The ECUADORIAN  HAT ( not  "Panama hat") We´ll come back  to  talk  about  this hats  on another  blog.

15  minutes....

two  hours later  :(

Unfortunately  the adventure  has to  come to  an end.

And we´ll  start  our  trip  back  to Guayaquil. 

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