Cherries and strawberries for sale by the wheelbarrow load
Cuenca's newly renovated Plaza San Francisco, with the 1930 church of San Francisco
The domes of the cathedral seen from Plaza San Francisco
The pretty, burbling Tomebamba River runs through the middle of Cuenca
A fancy turn-of-the-last-century building in Cuenca
Another fancy building in Cuenca's old town
More wonderful fruit for sale (outside the central market)
Indigenous women in the Cuenca area traditionally wear wool skirts and shawls with embroidered borders and wool fedora hats
Spire of Cuenca's old, 16th-century cathedral, which is now a museum of religious art
Chris looks at the grand doors of Cuenca's new cathedral, which was built between 1885 and 1975
Brick exterior and blue dome of the new cathedral
Main aisle of the new cathedral
Main altar of the new cathedral
Ice cream sellers outside the cathedral on Sunday
Post-church treats, including chocolate-covered strawberries, candy apples, jello, and meringue cream (espumilla) that looks like ice cream but doesn't melt
An indigenous family outside the cathedral
A portrait sketcher at work outside the cathedral
Arrangements for sale in the flower market; Ecuador is a major producer of cut flowers
The Cuenca area is a center for manufacturing straw hats (including the type mistakenly called Panama hats). These are old hat presses in a small factory.
Another type of hat press, imported from Italy