Our third week in Ecuador was another 7 days of fun times! The highlight of the week was visiting the Ingapirca Archaeological Complex, but more on that later, first lets talk about what we did in Cuenca!

I left off with our dinner at tPasta with Brian & Sue. They were celebrating their anniversary and we were also saying “see you later!” as they were moving on to visit Banos, a small town near the capital city of Quito.

Steven, Bill, and I walked to the Teatro Pumapungo, which is a museum about life in Ecuador. We all enjoyed it very much while learning a lot about the history of Ecuador and it’s people. On site there is also a small ruin that we explored, as well as a beautiful garden, a small aviary, and a few llamas.

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Another day, we visited the 10 de Agosto Mercado, which is in El Centro. It is larger than the one we usually walked to, the 12 de Abril. The items for sale, especially the food items, were mostly the same, but this one also had more handcrafted touristy stuff. We bought a few things, like homemade wooden spoon/spatula sets.

Our day with Orlando (our tour guide/driver) this week took us to the town of Biblian, where we visited a church that was carved into a mountain. The views were amazing.

Orlando got us all back in down the stairs and back into the van and we continued on to Ingapirca.

It took us about 40 minutes to walk to the MegaMaxi one morning. We took a taxi back.

Walking to El Centro was one of our favorite ways to spend an afternoon. There was always somewhere new around the corner to check out. One of those places was Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno. The museum was small but had a lot of great exhibits, some were interactive.

Having worked up an appetite, we headed over to where we had reservations for lunch. A lot of research had gone into choosing this place and we were all very excited about it. It was called “Cooking With Rey” and their specialty was Cambodian food. The restaurant was very small, one table for 6, and two tables for up to 4. Rey is so determined to serve only the freshest of foods that you have to order your meal when you make your reservation. When you arrive, there are no signs or markings indicating that there is a restaurant, only the house number. Yes, the restaurant is literally the main floor of their house. Very intimate.

I also might add that just having the house number on the building is a lot in Cuenca, as most homes/businesses do not. How do you find places? Well, usually directions are given to the closest intersection.

We were at Rey’s for about 3 hours. The food and drink were delicious! It was a fantastic experience, start to finish. As always, the company/conversation was the icing on the cake! (and for those wondering we walked away for under $100 per couple, including tip!)

After we had stuffed ourselves, we decided to just walk around a bit before heading home.

Thankfully this only happed a few times a day, and once around 9:30pm.

SPECIAL TREAT: Steven Dempsey Ingapirca video

This ends our third week in Cuenca! Only one week to go 🙁

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