Super Cuenca

After a not so short 6 hour bus ride I arrived in Cuenca. On thursday night was the celebration for the founding of Cuenca. There was a huge fiesta in Bolivar Square. Dancing, drinking, the works. It was a wonderful start to my stay here. Cuenca is the most beautiful city I´ve been to in Ecuador. Surrounded by mountains, packed full of catherdrals and museums it is a city just brusting with history and culture. I strongly recommend any travellers to Ecuador to make a stop in Cuenca.

So it´s quite an interesting time in Ecuador door. Tomorrrow the country is voting for sí o no for a new constitution. Interestingly enough, it´s mandatory to vote here in Ecuador. If a citizens doesn´t vote there are serious ramifications. Some democracy, eh? So as of tomorrow there may be some serious changes in this city. Some people fear that Correa is trying to turn Ecuador into some socialist Utopia. Pero, after talking to some people I don´t think that the Ecuadorianos will allow such things to happen....but we´ll see. It´s going to be interesting doing corporated development work here in the face of some possible major changes. Alright, enough with politics.

It´s so weird. I´ve only been here for a bit over a week, yet, I feel like I never left Ecuador. Funny how life is - la vida.

thanks for listening.

until next time,
Steph