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Entering Ecuador

A busy street in front of park with green plants and trees with white, colonial-style buildings and a spanish-looking cathedral visible behind the park The same cathedral from another side, partially covered by other buildings We crossed the border between Peru and Ecuador without issues and spent some days in the city of Cuenca. It prominently features a big cathedral near the green Parque Calderon, even though it is hard to picture completely due to its proximity to neighbouring buildings.

A wooden path descending into a garden, with a city in the background stretching up to a distant mountain range A great number of bromeliads and other green plants between wooden elements under a transparent roof As in any major city, we visited the botanical garden to escape the omnipresent traffic noises and enjoy the quiet between lots of beautiful plants.

View from a bridge onto some stairs with art on display, a flowering tree and a white church in the background under blue sky A sunny street with a long, colourful mural on its side However, Cuenca itself offers quite some nice spots, too. Aside from the very green riverside and well maintained parks, various forms of art and music were on display at the old Puente Rota. And in the (often sunny) streets, more colourful works of art can occasionally be found.