Loja, Ecuador
November 21, 2006
Well Loja turned out to be a small version of Cuenca, but less ostentatious in its showing of wealth and more of a normal small-town feel, so I liked it. A few pleasant parks/squares with colonial buildings and churches to admire (briefly) but little else to actually do there. The best thing I visited was the bridge and fortress-style look-out that marks the main entrance to the city, where a small art exhibition was being held.
Other than that I used Loja as a base to do a day-trip to Vilcabamba, and as the place to start off on the bus journey that would take me to Peru (see subsequent enteries...).
