Hilton Colon Guayaquil

... countries but they wanted an extortionate 17 usd each for them, double the US price and nearly 3 times the European price. We have decided to wait, the maps we have will get us to lima then we'll try for a Peru map there, and in la Paz for a Bolivian.

The more time we spend in Guayaquil the more we like it. It's parks and open spaces spaces are wonderful and very well used. you only have to sit for 5 minutes before someone comes along selling ...

... my passport and luggage tickets at Cuenca LAN office and I would have my bags.

So after arriving in Cuenca and being warmly welcomed by novia and her sister, we went to collect my luggage. Hello- LAN has closed for the day.

No problem – I decided to savor the moment with my novia and her sister. We had dinner and a walk in one of the parks. Later caught up with my friends of whom I am staying with. Chao Bella see you Thursday.

Now Tuesday on the ...

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.
Suffice it to say that after our first build on ...

... i did not bring my camera and now regret it for there was some beautiful pictures to be taken. But its just a modern city, not too special i suppose.

I am not back at the terminal, near the mall which i now realize isnt so large. I feel like an alien with all the looks i get. It must be the hair. I just purchased a ticket to Piura, a city in peru. Finally i am out of this country and into a new. Headed to the highlands of peru ...

... s ancient historical roots. Afterwards, we walked around town for a little bit, as we usually do, stopping by the market for Markus to do some shopping. He ended up haggling foreeeever just to get the price of some painting from like 25 dollasr to 22 or something like that, geez.. It's cool to haggle a bit, but it seemed a bit excessive to me to haggle for such a long time for just a little discount like that, especially considering the work that ...

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... At about 6pm, I went back to the tour agency and bought my flight tickets for tomorrow, and also my cruise on Friday. As there was nothing to do in Guayaquil, I've decided to go to the islands on day earlier.

Well, we arrived here in the middle of the night. Just on the street. My partners would chat with the bus driver, trying to find the bus to Quito, so we would just get off, well, who knows where we were! We thought we were stuck here ...

Fractious nights sleep because we have to wake up at 4.30 to catch the bus. The supposedly superior CLP bus but it still plays interminable (oh corazon) music. Uneventful journey arriving in rush hour. Thousands of soldiers line the main approach road. Has Peru ...

... for whom the phrase 'mi casa es su casa' could have been invented. Half a dozen rooms, pool, help yourself attitude to the beers in the fridge, internet access, use of DVDs etc. Ellen was constantly urging me to treat her house as my own, so while I was there I redecorated the kitchen and built an outside BBQ. The hotel was a little way out of the centre of Guayaquil, but judging from the newspaper reports on my first morning there ...