Continental Hotel Guayaquil

... yet experienced the ecuadorian way of driving) taxi ride from the airport, I thought I´d know what to expect with the bus ... poppycock!<br>There are bus stops but the bus will pick you up anywhere (literally). The bus however doesn´t stop to let you on, it slows down (I´m surprised I haven´t lost a flip flop yet). The driver hands out the change in between changing gears and weaving in and out of cars and bikes and even people!<br>The roads are better than the maltese roads ...

It may come as a bit of a surprise that despite us being away we still have a lot of 'administration' to do &#8211; emails, phone calls, banking and even haircuts. Our ventures out into Quito before we headed south required us to find a bank that accepted our cards, a hairdresser for Sven where he wasn't going to end up with a no.1 short cut and buying bus tickets for Guayaquil. What was noticeable the minute that we left the hostal was the 'Monday morning&#8217; belching of dark ...

... the wrong information. It is only accepted in Quito. Luckily, I have organized some time with my novia and her two sisters to Quito. I will just have to make sure I see the authorities. <br><br>Can I get the movie rights to this script? As I am writing this, I am thinking it could be a hilarious romantic &#8211;comedy.<br><br>The time I am spending with my friends in Cuenca has been really good. I am assisting their English, and they have been assisting me. Tonight we have their family study.

... We do not know the outcome, but have remembered yound David in our prayers here. <br> With 12 men plus 2 "maestros" (expert carpenters who work for Hogar regularly), we had the home built in less that 3 hours! <br> We headed back aqnd showered, as we were to have a late lunch at the Guayaquil Tennis Club. There--across the river, but a world away from where we have worked the last 2 days, we met Chom Alfaro, Boli's brother ...

... found a hostel about a block from the beach called David's Hostel, which had a room with three beds, that we were able to book for (at first $5 dollars each, but after I bargained) $4 dollars each. After a nice swim in the ocean (at nighttime, since by then it was around 9pm or so), we went back to our room, had some showers in the (shared) shower, and then went out to walk around looking for where to dance. We settled on a cabin themed ...

... a open air market where you can bargain any possible good: we personally bought some clothes and DVD's of films that are still to be published in Europe...and they say South America is behind! After that we headed to Montanita, a well-known surfer/hippie beach to get some S&amp;S (sun and surf). Great waves and a very nice atmosphere: it looks like only young people are allowed in ...

... it was all really quick. I was however the only gringo on the bus which meant both the guard and the official who also travelled with us were very considerate and made sure everything was fine the whole way through. So after the nightmare stories you hear it was one of the easiest crossings I´ve had. Arrived in Mancora at 5.30 am and found a lovely hostal on the beach which is basic to say the least but i had a lovely sleep this morning before hitting the beach ...

... cruz on by, not even flinching, pretending these people don't even exist. I practically have to get into their life story before I feel confident that our encounter hasn't left me with the reputation as a deadest a$%&amp;hole. Why I care eludes me, and at times keeps me up at night in a deep state of pensiveness.... Walk on by, just walk on by...you can do it.... "Hey there, so good to see you, what are you selling today, I love to buy some but ...

... sticks - crumbed. So the purpose of the Guayaquil stay was the English speaking Assembly. The Marcelius Hotel (I&amp;II&amp;III) was most of the Chilean Brother and Sisters were staying. It was a pleasure to spend time with these new friends. The English Assembly is a great experience and great company as most are Spiritual Giants. Although the format was changed to be inline with other Assemblies (There used to be experiences related between each ...