Cuenca exports indie, coffee and UNESCO heritage. It also exports stories of neighborhoods without water on Fridays when hotel occupancy rises.
The under-30 scene does not split party and infrastructure. A live set gets cancelled if the bathroom fails. Sofía documents both: the gig poster and the municipal notice.
Ecuador Central does not sell Cuenca as a postcard. It sells the city that scrolls the problem and takes it to the plantón on Monday.
