There were some washouts and detours that delayed the trip, but the detours were through some beautiful farming country in the central valley of the Andes. Recent rains had brought all of the streams up to bank full and, incidentally, dumped an extensive mudslide across the road.

We arrived at Cuenca too late to do much besides have supper, a brief dip in the thermal pools and crash. But the Hosteria Duran looked very nice, if by far the largest hotel we stayed in, laid out in an early colonial style.

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Inca Jay	Paradise Tanager	Blue-black Grassquit
Buff-bellied Mountain Tanager	Tropical Parula	Peruvian Meadowlark