Best Western Doral Guayaquil

Arrival in Guayaquil:<br>After a quick flight to Amsterdam and a 3 hour transit, I was on my way to Ecuador. Now you know when you´re getting old, when a 10 hour flight is uncomfortable - after about 2 hours I had a numb bum! Nevertheless, after a couple of movies, a few hours sleep and some sub-standard food we landed in Bonaires, just north of Venezuela!!!<br>I can hear you all gasping now ... that was just the first stop with a 45 minute transit. Next stop Guayaquil ...

... drinks, water, Coke, juice so for a few pennies you can have a glass of something cool to keep you going. Today while sat in the park doing some Spanish (getting there by the way) a man came by and decided to give us a sermon, whether we wanted one or not. now, having a discussion about the existence of God or otherwise in Spanish might have stretched us a tad, especially since we've both just finished richard dawkins' book, The God delusion and we ...

... 8211; my Luggage. Present my passport and my luggage tags. <br><br>I was with two female friends for translation and transport purposes.<br><br>&#8220;Sorry Sir, we need the Lady whose name is on the tags to sign the collection&#8221;<br><br>In my mind I was furious. We had the paperwork, the identification of me and the luggage, the keys for the luggage, and the luggage were labeled with my name. They had the luggage, the supervisors report explaining what happened, but no ...

Sorry to be a day late in posting a blog, but by the time I got around to the task last night (Sunday), the computer system here at Schoenstatt was shut down, wireless included. We have since discovered that we can access it from our rooms, so there should be no delays over the next couple of days. Once we arrive in Quito (Thursday morning), however, all the rules may change.<br> Suffice it to say that after our first build on ...

... it is a long couple mile stretch of walkway, parks, resteraunts and nice views of the sound. I notice a backpacker and ask if she speaks english. She does, as do all europans. She is from austria and was looking for her coachsurfing host. We walk around for a few hours talking until she can find a phone to contact her. I head over to the center for some more browsing and then back to my hotel for i have to checkout by 8 a.m. Sorry ...

Today I had a looot of walking... I went out with a Swiss family Kahyda is hosting, taking the bus to the downtown area... Then I walked about 15 or 20 blocks north to the other Malecon (boardwalk) of town. It was also nice with some nice green areas, but nothing like the other Malecon. Afterwards, I met up with Markus (from Austria) and Tristan (from Ecuador) and we walked aaall over the Malecon (doesn't get old) and I ...

This is my first entry regarding this post.  I'm getting ready right now.  Packin' everything I need, besides cloth, like my camera with several SD cards, my macbook, iPod, my Ray-Bans also, and a lot of other things I need.  I don't know what else to write.  I'll be posting the next entry when I'm at the airport tomorrow. So, see you when I see you.

... and came to the conclusion that if I saw other gringos I´d accost them and travel with them. Got to the bus station which was really modern and I immediately felt safe there unlike some other bus stations over here. This one was Heathrow standards! Got some food and went to suss out the bus situation. I enquired at a desk which I had heard was a reputable company and before I knew I was roped into getting a bus in 5 minsutes - I sorely regretted not upgrading to the bus ...

... see Guayaquil before our flight, a place many recommend to avoid. The man at the hostel warned to take a registered taxi for fear of being taken hostage. I assumed the minimum wage for the driver just wasn't cutting it. Guayaquil was most definitely a city of have and have not's. The discrepancies in wealth are stark. The rich are still driving around with the "NO" signs on their Mercedes, in protest to the new constitution. If the poor had cars I'm sure there ...

Guayaquil, is a little bit gungy, but it has good resturants and a nice walkway along the river. Update: Aug. 20, 2008 Alright so I though that my camera got stolen in Guayaquil, but it turns out that I left it at the museum on the equator, back in Quito. After a couple days, I started to think about how or when it could have been taken or lost. I was still pretty sure it got taken out of my hotel room, but ...