Hi All,
I have wanted to make a new post for a few days but we have been busy seeing the sights.  We are now in Guayaquil for the night before we fly back to Lima in the morning.  Here are some highlights from the last few days.

Cuenca
On Wednesday we gave in and took the double decker bus tour of the city.  It was only $5 for almost two hours and allowed us to see parts of the city that we didn't know about.  Much of Cuenca is very old but part of is is quite new.  We stopped at the Mirador (viewpoint).

GeGe found a world renowned ceramicist's shop near the Mirador but since we were on the tour we did not have time to stop.  We finished the tour and then took a taxi back up.  We each bought some of his art and then GeGe suggested we walk the 6000 steps down.  It was actually several hundred so we could justify the ice cream that we found at the MALL a short distance from the bottom.  This mall had two car dealerships inside, Columbia Sportswear, Adidas, a complete Fred Meyer type grocery store, etc.  Eventually we taxied back to the hostal for a brief rest before returning to Cafe Austria.
The internet is giving me trouble so I am going to try and post this much and will continue with the last two days in a different post.