En Route To Cuenca, Ecuador

Diane: We reduced the stress of traveling from Reno, Nevada to Cuenca, Ecuador by taking our time. We stopped for a couple of days in Sarasota and a couple of days in Quito. En route to Cuenca, we had wonderful views as our bus wound its way through the mountainside. Many hillsides looked as if they were primarily dried mud with embedded river rocks.





Desert plants looked very happy. But then the next hillside would be covered with grass, cows grazing idyllicly. When there was obvious irrigation, the land supported orchards of fruit trees.





It turns out, they get a fair amount of rain here. Perhaps there were some big mudslides or El Niño floods in past years.

In any event, some of the views were spectacular.



We passed murals painted on walls that lined the street. Many voiced opposition to oppression. Additionally, since there is an election in a month, political posters, murals, and flags were everywhere.