Cuenca is a colonial city with lots of church steeples, a mix of indigenous and mestizo peoples, and a few US ex pats running around in blue jeans and sneakers!
New cathedral of Cuenca
Gold leaf baroque altar modeled after the Vatican – they say!
Classic Colonial
How to protect your Panama hat in the rain – they are all made in Cuenca.
Historic area just outside old city limits.
By Luis crespo Ordonez d 2004
By Luis crespo Ordonez
Ortega hat factory
Johnny Depp chose the one on the right
Hat Machine using same process
Hats drying.
Variety!
Straw from the coast is woven in the countryside
Flower market outside the Carmelite church
Beautiful flowers!
The new cathedral
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