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August 11, 2017 · 5:35 am

Fun Photo Friday — Alausí Favorites


Alausí

The road into Alausí afforded some spectacular scenery:

Andes Clouds

Canyon

But Alausí itself also provided me with a lot to photograph in a very short period of time. Here is a woman in colorful native Quechua dress:

Native Quechua dress

The original name for the town was San Pedro Alausí, and here is San Pedro overlooking his town:

San Pedro over looks Alausí

Now for the rest of today’s Fun Photo Friday. Click on any image below to bring up today’s photo gallery and slide show:

Native Quechua
Alausí
U is for Ursula
Alausí
Alausí

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August 4, 2017 · 5:35 am

Fun Photo Friday — Cuenca 3, Ecuador Favorites


Shadow and Light

One last look at Cuenca with today’s Fun Photo Friday gallery and slide show (next stop Alausi and the Devil’s Nose Train):

Red Tile Roof
Religious Skyline
Spire framed by Branches
Pigeon Feeding
Door

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August 2, 2017 · 5:35 am

Ecuador — Cuenca; Inside the New Cathedral


New Cuenca Cathedral

Upon our return from viewing Eduardo Vega ceramics, Ecuagenera orchids, and La Casa de la Makana scarves, our tour returned us to Cuenca for our next attraction. We’ll get to that in a moment, but I thought I would share with you some Cuenca street scenes that greeted us stepping off the tour bus:

Store color

Reading the paper

After several hours on our own, in which we and some fellow tour participants went back to Cositas 10-24 for dinner, we caught up again with the rest of the tour group for a visit inside the New Cuenca Cathedral, Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción.

New Cuenca Cathedral

As you can see, the interior is at least as impressive as the façade. Here is view after stepping inside:

New Cuenca Cathedral

At the far end is, of course, the High Altar, presented in closer detail here:

High Altar — New Cuenca Cathedral

But almost as impressive, in my view, is the magnificent dome above:

New Cuenca Cathedral

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