Cuenca Part 1: Yup Part One
So I just realized that I called my second Cuenca entry ¨Part 1.¨However when I tried to change it my computer crashed. I tried again with similar success so I guess I am just going to go with the existential experience of having all My Cuenca entries titled ¨Part 1.¨It´s kind of like the Place in Houston, Texas that has a Starbucks across the street from a Starbucks. Hopefully I will get around to editing my entries, but for right now just pretend that calling all of my entries Part 1 is mildly funny.
Anyway I am going to cheat on this last entry about Cuenca because my minutes are ticking away here in the local internet cafe and I am running low on centavos. The tricky thing about Ecuador is that no one has any change. EVER. Even for five dollars. Gets really frustrating let me tell you when someone who runs a business does not have fifty cents lying around somewhere.
So for this Cuenca entry we are going to do a free association. Hope it works:
Cuenca Setting: Pittsburgh (city sits on three rivers)
Cuenca architectural style: European (Though I have never been to Europe trust me). Many people agreed with me.
Cuena Streets: Immaculate. Cleanest I have ever seen in Ecuador. Very cool.
Most Popular Activity: Galleries - Galleries in Cuenca are like Antique shops in Minnesota
Party Scene: Part Middle School Dance part Phish concert if people didn´t have drugs
Hotel Personal: Dealing with Hotel Peronel is the equivalent of banging your head against the wall. We had four hotels lose our reservation
Hostals: Hot water is the best invention on the planet
Incan Ruins: Cobble Stones. Apparently they had too many streets and figured it would be easier to orient their streets vertically to make walls
Mexican Food: Olive Garden caliber
Restaurant Service: Though you are dealing with people you might as well be on the phone pressing options on your touch tone phone
Art: Think of the best garage sale you have ever been two, multiply the quality of good by 1.5 and mix in a flea market setting.
Cathedrals: Baroque style:¨Hey peasant look how catholicism dominates you.¨First churches I have seen that are closed during the day in a big fyou sort of way.
Blue Domes: Singular coolest quirky color I have seen. It´s that kind of thing that if you take a quick glance it looks strange, but if you stare at it long enough it grows on you. Kind of like Dartmouth students´perception of attractiveness in the middle of winter
Shrunken Heads´Museum: Wow. Wish I knew how they were actually made. They make you feel like someone out there might have a Voodoo doll of you and could mess with you if so inclined
That´s all from Cuenca. The ´rents are coming into town this weekend. Can´t wait.
Que tengan buen dia,
kane
Anyway I am going to cheat on this last entry about Cuenca because my minutes are ticking away here in the local internet cafe and I am running low on centavos. The tricky thing about Ecuador is that no one has any change. EVER. Even for five dollars. Gets really frustrating let me tell you when someone who runs a business does not have fifty cents lying around somewhere.
So for this Cuenca entry we are going to do a free association. Hope it works:
Cuenca Setting: Pittsburgh (city sits on three rivers)
Cuenca architectural style: European (Though I have never been to Europe trust me). Many people agreed with me.
Cuena Streets: Immaculate. Cleanest I have ever seen in Ecuador. Very cool.
Most Popular Activity: Galleries - Galleries in Cuenca are like Antique shops in Minnesota
Party Scene: Part Middle School Dance part Phish concert if people didn´t have drugs
Hotel Personal: Dealing with Hotel Peronel is the equivalent of banging your head against the wall. We had four hotels lose our reservation
Hostals: Hot water is the best invention on the planet
Incan Ruins: Cobble Stones. Apparently they had too many streets and figured it would be easier to orient their streets vertically to make walls
Mexican Food: Olive Garden caliber
Restaurant Service: Though you are dealing with people you might as well be on the phone pressing options on your touch tone phone
Art: Think of the best garage sale you have ever been two, multiply the quality of good by 1.5 and mix in a flea market setting.
Cathedrals: Baroque style:¨Hey peasant look how catholicism dominates you.¨First churches I have seen that are closed during the day in a big fyou sort of way.
Blue Domes: Singular coolest quirky color I have seen. It´s that kind of thing that if you take a quick glance it looks strange, but if you stare at it long enough it grows on you. Kind of like Dartmouth students´perception of attractiveness in the middle of winter
Shrunken Heads´Museum: Wow. Wish I knew how they were actually made. They make you feel like someone out there might have a Voodoo doll of you and could mess with you if so inclined
That´s all from Cuenca. The ´rents are coming into town this weekend. Can´t wait.
Que tengan buen dia,
kane
posted by ecuadortraveler at 9:34 AM
2 Comments:
hey kane!
I lived in Cuenca for a month last March with mi familia ecuatoriano! La gente en Cuenca son muy simpaticos! Me gusta mucho el hostel- El Cafecito- hay muchos viajeros de todo el mundo y un ambiente divertida en la noche! Tambien hay un restaurante el Eucalypto que esta bien, y cada Miercoles hay unos Bars con salsa dancing- if you have some time- def check it out- so fun!! I hope you are having fun in Ecuador- I loved my time there, and had some great visits to the National Park and Vilcabamba down south. my school was right by those massive stairs separating the main park and the old town- near El Wunderbar.
que tenga un buen viaje,
abrazos,
Rowan
Hey mom-
Great to see you. It was absolutely phenomenal to see some familiar faces.
Terry-
The internet cafes are usually packed actually. Most of the people that you see however are looking at pictures of their favorite band or Shakira. Not a whole lot of meaningful internet use. Another popular use for internet cafes is online video gaming. Hordes of youngins pile in to compete online in the same cafe. As for the cars there are not a whole lot of luxury vehicles whatsoever. A Honda Accord is considered pretty studly. I also haven´t seen any cars that were made before 1988. One of the nice things about Ecuador and cars however is that there are very few SUV´s. Most people drive around in four door sedans.
Chandra-
The mission art is a pretty fair comparison to Ecuadorian art. There is a lot of religious symbolism and charactures. However, one for sure google when you have time is ¨Guayasamin¨. He is the most famous Quiteno artist and his work is unreal. He reminds me of Picasso, but his imagery and facial expressions are awesome. Plus he does a lot of stuff honoring the indigenous cultures of South America. One of the coolest things he did was to repaint a famous religious image remvoing every single religious reference. Pretty ballsy.
Rowan-
Wonderful to hear from you!! Did you ever check out Cafe Moliendo? Definitely my first but hopefully not last avocado milkshake!
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