Cuenca

After arriving to Cuenca just on sunset on Sunday I walked through town and found a nice hostel with a good bar with music.
On Monday I checked out the town square and what must be the ugliest cathedral anywhere, although the blue domes looked nice enough. I walked along the river to El Barranco where there were some famous `hanging´ houses that looked out over the river and were painted all colourful. Next stop was the museum where they make the famous Ecuadorian Panama hat - a white broadbrimmed hat. The Pumapunga Archaeological site was the other site to see in town. I walked down there and saw it from outside, but have seen many more impressive Inca ruins so didn´t bother going inside.
I caught the 14:30 bus to Riobamba which went through some nice countryside, particularly just before Alausi where the mountains dropped down 2500m to the coastal plains. Finally arrived in Riobamba at 9pm and had a feed from the street vendors and called it a night.