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Patepluma
  1/14/2018 18:49 EST

I'm on an extended visit to Cuenca. My girlfriend and a friend are flying into Guayaquil on Monday night Feb 12. Tuesday is Fat Tuesday. I'm trying to decide whether we should travel to Cuenca Tuesday morning or Wednesday morning. I'd like some advice on what goes on in each city on Fat Tuesday (parades, etc) and just how crazy each one gets in terms of water-throwing, foam-spraying, etc. For context my GF and I are about 60 and reasonably adventurous; the friend is 70 and less so.

OceanHideaway
  1/14/2018 19:55 EST

I can speak only for the coast (Salinas to Olon).

The major celebration is on the weekend and Monday. By Tuesday things begin to return towards normal.

... Google Salinas Carnival and you should pull up photos of some of the mischief carried out: water balloons, foam fights. and water pistols are prevalent.

Moving around either city will also be more limited due to the holiday and the foam, balloons and pistols mentioned above.

Susan

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withoutego
  1/15/2018 09:17 EST

Ah yes, that time of year again. In Cuenca. When I lived there I called those days the "Water Balloon Festival".

That's when its best to wear a rain coat if you're outside. When walking, if you're about to pass under a balcony with giggling children - cross the street. They're waiting for you to arrive at ground zero, below the balcony. where the sidewalk is wet.

Or, you could open carry a super soaker and get even, spraying them with water from below.

Then there are the aerosol cans of foam sold by the tens of thousands in that season.

What all this has to do with a Christian holiday is beyond me. Seems a bit pagan really.

I struggle to imagine a young Jesus spraying strangers with white foam to illustrate some parable. Thou shall't "lighten up" maybe?

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