Hotel Rizzo Guayaquil

... the heat. Visited Parque Seminario, or Iguanas Park - like it says on the tin, the park is full of iguanas basking in the sun and scaring little kiddies! Some of them are huge and run right past you without a care in the world. Also wandered around Las Penas, a really cool little neighbourhood with lots of little art galleries and old buildings.<br><br>It was nice to feel tropical heat again, but not so nice to be eaten by giant mosquitoes!!

... a botanical garden.<br>There are museums, cinemas, cafes and restaurants too.<br><br>The other very pretty area is the old town barrio called Las Penas. It is a steep walk up to the top of the hill (444 steps) but is worth it for the views from the top where there is a restored lighthouse and a church. The houses have all been renovated (some have photos outside to show what they were like before) and look very quaint. The area is supposed to be full of shops and restaurants ...

... happen if iguanas were seen running around during lunch time in the financial district of the city. There was also an obligatory beautiful cathedral that overlooked the park. Though I have been to my fair share of churches in Latin America, they are still always interesting to walk through because of the importance they represent to many Latinos. We drank fresh milkshakes made of strawberries, milk and ...

... men completed the heavy lifting, several women on our team played soccer with a crew of thrilled children. For that afternoon, they exhibited the resilient spirit that children throughout the world share as they played, danced, laughed and sang. <br><br>My heart was drawn to Erwin and his son Carlos. Despite our language barrier, my curiosity led me to learn just a sliver of Erwin's story. He has epilepsy, which explained why he ...

Here in Guayaquil after many long hours on an uncomfortable bus- my tush and my back are SORE! No big deal because I am HERE! My Auntie Pilar, married my Uncle Stan (my mom's brother,) is from Guayaquil Ecuador. I have been meaning to meet up with some cousins and other family members since arriving to South America but my route always took me in different directions ...

... perros y gatos. Fuimos al museo y cuando salimos todavia llovía, CUATRO horas después y seguía lloviendo como cuando empezó. El hecho es que la lluviecita nos daño la salida por la noche. Pero ahora está haciendo un calor de los mil demonios y hay un cielo super despejado. Me imagino que saldremos a alguna parte y ya mañana por la mañana, ¡nos vamos para la playa! ¡YUPIII! Hay una playa super bonita que se llama Playas...jejejeje.

... neighbourhood, where on its summit were views of the city and esturies, a little token chapel and a lighthouse. From the top, we were reminded of Ecuador´s poverty, which was shielded from our view from inside the city´s commercial centre. Beyond the city limits were thousands of tin roofed, breeze block houses, clustered into an untidy, sprawling slum. In contrast, at the bottom of the hill we visited a museum of modern ...

... Huayhuash usually takes 8-10 days to complete. Having wasted time in Cusco and Puno, we no longer had that much time to spare and we were forced to attempt it in 6. In the end, it was no problem, as we got private transportation to take us further up the road, skipped one day of walking, and kept our group to 4 (Steve and Dave decided not to join us), which meant we could walk much faster than the average ...

... coachsurfing people...later went dancing....and got back quite late...in the morning I had agreed to go to see a bit of the city with french guy Nicolas, who is doing his one year bike S. America thing and we both were very positively surprised how nice the waterwfront was - Malecon and Las Pinas, very pretty...had a bit hard time finding breakfast in the morning but afterwards it was a good one and I tried something quite Ecuadorian, mize bread with cheese inside...rather good actually ...

... I love the culture but sometimes they can be rude without intentionally being so. For example Peruvians walk without looking in front of theem alot so you get bumped alot or sometimes they just bump you in the street and its perfectly fine in their culture. They dont respct your personal spce like in some otheer cultures. They talk loud in restaurants and generally in a city of 12 mil. people there is no way to find peace and ...