WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IN CUENCA, ECUADOR - STREET FOOD, SHRUNKEN HEADS & LIMPIAS // ECUADOR TRAVEL VLOG

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Expats and locals have been telling us to visit Cuenca ever since we got to Ecuador, so we finally did! We discovered there are lots of awesome things to do in Cuenca, Ecuador, and in this video we bring you around the city and show you our favourite things to do in Cuenca in one day! The city is really easy to navigate and is full of beautiful colours, cafes, and museums. There is no shortage of places to visit and things to see, so in this video we visit as many as we can in one day (plus a little extra, but we explain that in the video).
We start off by getting Mico a traditional limpia which he says hurt a little but also felt refreshing, and then we show you around la Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepcion (the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception), the flower market, Mercado 10 de Agosto, a Panama hat shop, and Pumapungo Museum to see the shrunken heads, all while eating delicious food along the way! If you are wondering what to do in Cuenca or what to see in 24 hours in Cuenca, then stay tuned!
This is the fourth video in our Ecuador series. Click here to check out the playlist:
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== Chapters ==
0:00 Getting a traditional cleansing (limpia) in Cuenca
2:56 Impressions of Cuenca so far
4:04 Inside and on top of the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception
6:43 Beautiful Seminario San Luis
7:05 Why everyone loves Cuenca
7:53 Stop to smell the romantic-ness
9:00 Ice-creamy fluff stuff
10:53 How to tell everyone you've been to South America
12:24 Typical Ecuadorian market (Mercado 10 de Agosto)
12:56 Why you should eat at local markets
13:54 Trying coconut juice and humitas
15:06 Shrunken heads at Museo Pumapungo
17:16 An exciting announcement!
18:09 Bloopers
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[@Phoeee92]

Ecuadorian here! 🙋🏽‍♀️The fluffy ice cream looking snack is called espumilla, it’s a guava meringue cream. I loved it as a kid! 🙂

[@nicoleandmico]

Oh man thank you so much!! We haven't seen it anywhere else in South Americs yet (or anywhere else on our travels for that matter). It was awesome!

[@andrespazymino1616]

So nice to see so many people visit Ecuador 🇪🇨👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨💯💯💯💯👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨

[@nicoleandmico]

We really enjoyed our time there!

[@LaOrquidea123]

Esta limpias con montes silvestres son muy buenas para el bienestar del cuerpo , bendiciones para todos.

[@LaOrquidea123]

Es una deliciosa y fresca comida de mi ciudad de Cuenca de Ecuador, Gracias.

[@juancaceres6983]

Thanks guy's to visit my country and Cuenca especially

[@nicoleandmico]

Thanks for welcoming us and for watching!

[@Leonard-lf7bc]

thanks friends for sharing this video the city has a nice european style

[@nicoleandmico]

Cuenca ❤️❤️❤️

[@sleep.eat.repeat6786]

thanks for the video! amazing how "young" our cultures are compared to some of the places y'all visited.

[@nicoleandmico]

That is so true! It's hard to wrap our heads around just how old some of these cultures and traditiona go back. Thanks for watching!

[@doradubose9290]

I visited cuenca and I loved it...I didn't like guayaquil very much, cuenca is very clean and the people are very welcoming to tourists..my favorite is Peru and Panama.

[@TaroLeung]

My beautiful country

[@nicoleandmico]

We had a great time in beautiful Ecuador! ❤️🇪🇨

[@angyegalan6789]

The ice creamy fluff is called espumilla :)

[@nicoleandmico]

Thank you for telling us!!

[@suehampton7581]

Tye fluff is eggwhites..also the square is pronounced par que cal DER on

[@nicoleandmico]

Thanks for letting us know about the food! We see that snack everywhere and were always curious to try but had no idea what it was 😅 egg whites make sense!

[@perfilatrapaquispes3435]

El ceviche de Ecuador el mejor de Suramerica.

[@nicoleandmico]

¡Tuvimos algunos en Puerto López y fue tan bueno! Nuestro próximo video será un recorrido gastronómico y tendrá ceviche 😊

[@ginamartin4448]

I’m worried. Stop eating it!

[@beatricebraswell4677]

I appreciate this video but she is talking so fast I couldn’t understand her.

[@nicoleandmico]

Yes I do talk fast! If it helps, we always try to add the proper subtitles in case I'm talking too quickly. You can turn on subtitles in the video's settings, but I will try to slow down in the future!