Cuenca Updates: Sunday April 15, 2012

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Sunday April 15, 2012

Sunday Apr 15/12 update

We are down to one operating propane tank and today is the first morning in bloody ages that the gas man hasn’t been honking up and down the neighborhood at 6:45, just because I am waiting for him… He will be getting a note in Spanish from me that the one tank did not even last 2 weeks and that we pay for full tanks, not half tanks. We have never had any tank last less than a month.

Bella was off to meet Bettye for lunch then they are playing bridge all afternoon on Avenida Solano. I had a heckuva time getting a bus to show up and then the #15 arrived and warned us he was only doing a partial route. He turned one block before Huayna Capac so I had about an 8 block walk to Parque Calderon where there was to be mariachi music in the gazebo starting at 11am. I arrived at noon and they were packing up. So I started heading to destination #2 at Otorongo Plaza.

There is a large Arts festival going on with artisans showing off their skills and their wares in every conceivable place. Along the south side of the Immaculate Conception cathedral, this fellow was using a unique spray painting style to complete some amazing art. http://youtu.be/o5RosHg79TY

Otorongo plaza was a sea of tents on doth sides of the Doce De Avril and again they were selling most handicrafts known to man. I doubled the $4 left in my pocket by folding it over and putting it back.

I walked a little further up Avenue Loja to this colourful church and took several shots, usually incorporating the fountain.

I managed to catch the #3 across the street which took me to the Monay Mall. As I was getting off, the #15 arrived and the people were literally hanging out of the doors. I thought I was in India for a second.

I wandered a little along the Tomebamba taking a few more shots before heading home.

Enjoy the pics and video. That was today’s excitement. Hugs to all.