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ben finch
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not scottish. somewhere in ecuador on a bike. he / him šŸ‡®šŸ‡Ŗ
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this is my view for the next few days. cuencaā€™s not a big city and it doesnā€™t have the cycling culture of tulcĆ”n (carapazā€™s hometown). but itā€™s name translates as ā€œbasinā€ and the hills that surround it go up to 4,000m of wilderness

the sun sets over the mountains of cajas national park in the andes, all saints church pokes its little spire up in the bottom right. thereā€™s a traffic jam ruining the picture
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everyone knows to avoid the central line in summer. itā€™s for emergencies only cause itā€™s hotter than the sun

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can anyone identify this bird for me? rather hoping itā€™s a finch

a little bird, a few inches tall, stands on some garden furniture waiting to be fed.
a little bird sits on a wall. thereā€™s a few cars on the road and some roof tiles. not a great photo tbh
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costa ricaā€™s one hell of a ride. would highly recommend it

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congrats to the guy who sat on my wheel the whole way home, a new pr for us both! thankfully he came in one second behind me (weā€™re now strava friends and had a good chat)

a red road bike leans against a curb. thereā€™s a coffee in the foreground. the church of cojitambo and steep cliffs are in the background
the hardest climb in cuenca that i know of. a road stretches towards a huge rocky outcrop
the main square of cojitambo. the name of the town is in big letters, then some shops, and behind those are huge cliffs
a screenshot from strava showing me beating christian by one second
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happy day 100 of drought to all who celebrate. iā€™ve now lived all of the past nine months under some form of water rationing in a part of the world where itā€™s meant to rain as much as in galway

the river tomebamba with almost no water in it. the orange handlebars of a red road bike are in the foreground and thereā€™s a bike lane that looks much better than it is
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one of those days where the museums were closed, the restaurant gabi wanted to try was shut, so we ended up with sushi

the white, colonial building of the museum of modern art in cuenca from a distance with some palm trees in front.
the dry, drought-ridden rio tomebamba in cuenca, ecuador
some of the mountains that surround cuenca can be seen from the top of a set of steps. thereā€™s half a city in between the camera and them
sushi, tea, and juice, with a leaping koi painted on the wall in the background
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advertise your account with just one image

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cannot wait to get off this piece of shit windows machine. i just want to know where the forms are šŸ˜­

a search on a windows computer for the download folder. ā€œfoldersā€ is selected. the results say: ā€œno results found for downloadsā€
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finally got my tram card, am slowly becoming cuencaƱo

a red and white tram card for the cuenca tranvĆ­a
a tram stop in the middle of a dual carriageway with people boarding a pretty new red tram
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ben finch
@benfinch.bsky.social
not scottish. somewhere in ecuador on a bike. he / him šŸ‡®šŸ‡Ŗ
232 followers268 following392 posts