Four Points Guayaquil

... song, beg for a donation and hop off on the next stop (bit like the london underground I suppose).<br><br>Downtown Guayaquil:<br>Having survived the bus journey, I went in search of tourist information, which was indicated by a red bus like icon on the map I got from the airport. Indeed, after having asked about 10 security guards where it was and they all said they didn´t know, I finally found it. Just to put you in the picture, the Malecon is the promenade on the river ...

... An hour&#8217;s respite from the city built up an appetite, so as true locals, we headed to a little restaurant that we found on the first day for lunch. Jimmy&#8217;s (good Ecuadorean name!) fine fare at a set price of $1.75 including a drink. Jimmy describes himself as &#8216;El Cheff de los magnificos sabores&#8217; - our simple assessment was that we didn&#8217;t get any stomach troubles!<br><br>Monday night witnessed the last of our duvet wars. We have had a small room, simply ...

... of critetrs including two pygmy marmosets - very cute! At one point one of their annoyingly loud birds managed to escape and fell into the pool. Who saved it from drowning? Only Lisa to the rescue! Then, after I'd saved it, it had a really sharp nip out of my finger! How ungrateful.<br><br>I did manage to leave the hostel at one point to go and investigate the town. The pride of the city is a new waterfront development with a shopping centre, cinema, museums, etc, which was ...

... after a bit, we went to the beach. I was definitely the one in the water the most, and I sunbathed and swam for a couple of hours or so, until 1pm, and then we went to catch our 2pm ($6.50) bus back to Guayaquil. Now, here I am, back at Kahyda's house (my CS host) in Guayaquil. She's also now hosting a Swiss family that just arrived and we'll eat here in a bit... Updates tomorrow... byee (I'll head off to Riobamba probably on Tuesday).

... we accepted Denise's invitation to sleep at the "Rancho" she owns, lost in the middle of the rainforest few kilometres away from town and which is going to become a hotel for dogs (opening due in few weeks...if anybody's interested!). Actualy the hotel hosts already two guests, Bruno the Napolitan Mastino (3 months old, very cute!) and Shakira, a beautiful 1 year old Weimereiner. When we got ...

... found, this proved quite difficult. We got information from the hostel of all the things to see in the city and headed straight for the mall-which wasn´t one of them. We were first amazed at how quickly time can pass in a mall without spending a penny and then amazed at how quickly money can be spent. We got everything ...

... night before we headed off to Galapagos I managed to get a glimpse of the Vice Presidential debate. If I knew then what I know now, I would have had a good old smile wrapped around my face. However, in a time when I should have been giddy at the prospects of visiting one of the worlds most majestic places, I instead spent it in a state of perplexity at this strange lady winking at me on the T.V. I´ll leave you now with her latest installment that followed her ...

... fully in your life and don´t know just how to do it. This year is the time to act. Why? With the study of Jehovah´s Day then the New release in the Book Study, along with the availabilty of the other new release, Jehovah is indeed inceasing our education for the work is INDEED great. I made many new great friends. Ouch! yes I have a great deal to organise when I am back home and I will have to be 10+ times as more organised to fit it all in. Time to go...