Hotel Sol de Oro Guayaquil

Guayaquil is Ecuador´s biggest city but hardly any tourist stop there as it used to be really dodgy and dangerous and just not very interesting until a few years ago. But they recently cleaned up the waterfront area, made a really nice and safe boardwalk area and also re-developed a small historic area overlooking the water with pcitures of what all the houses looked like before - really interesting from a tourism management point of view. <br><br>

... there wasn't much happening when we went...perhaps because it was lunch time.<br><br>The other interesting place is the Seminario Park where lots of large iguanas stroll around. One dropped out of a very tall tree right next to Rog. It seemed a bit stunned but then waddled off. There's a small lake with turtles and fish.<br><br>It's very easy to wander out of your comfort zone in Guayaquil. We were following a map trying to find the craft market when we found ouselves in a very ...

... which is a green fruit the size of a watermelon that I can only describe as delicious. That night Diana and I took the midnight bus back to Quito. Since there is not much traffic at that hour, the bus was practically flying up the Andes. I knew better than to see how close we were to the cliff&#8217;s edge so I just closed my eyes and listened to the traditional Andean pipe flute music coming from the speakers&#8230;

... most of the day watching instead of helping with the build. Despite his medical condition, Erwin had not seen a doctor because he did not have the money to pay for a visit. His son was 3 at the time and his beautiful wife, Kathy, had just given birth to their daughter, in their home, without medical care. He was so proud of his family that his loyalty was almost tangible. I learned that his home was in desperate need of repair ...

... last, I am finally here in Guayaquil and have met my cousins! A very pleasant day that makes a wonderful addition to my journey here in South America. Guayaquil is actually the largest city in Ecuador, although Quito is the capitol city. It is right along the Pacific coast and is nothing but hot, HOT, HOT! Once an extremely dangerous port town this city has now ...

Ahora estoy muy consado. I spent the whole week in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At first, when u see Guayaquil you dont think that there is much to it, but is actually a great place and I had a fun week. I stayed in mariuxis house for a few days at the beginning of the week because is much more practical then paying for a hotel. She was working so during the day i hung out with her brother oscar because he is on vacation. we went to all different places ...

... archeology and anthropology. It housed a collection of pre incan pottery, disturbing Latin American art cinema, and morbid modern art. We wanted an early night before our 27 hour bus journey to Lima (Peru´s capital) the following morning, so we returned to the hotel and relaxed by watched another terrible romantic comedy! Satisfied with our stay in Guayaquil, we would leave here in much better terms than when we left Riobamba.

... with 12 or more people in it. Before beginning the trek we were told it was the 3rd best walk in the world (oh, how Peruvians love to quantify qualitative things). The scenery, like the altitude, was simply breathtaking. I've never walked in countryside like it. Unfortunately, this was somewhat spoiled by persistent cloud cover. When the clouds would occasionally lift their veils, we were treated to views of ...

... was called Tortilla de verde or something like that. <br><br>We went to see the Museum of Arte Contemprorana and it was super nice, great collection, nice layout , well organised, nice music inside...really....its build almost in a shape of ship and it was kind of cool the viewpoint to the river in one of the corners.... <br>Anyway I am glad I did the detour through Guayaquil despite all warnings of how dangerous it was and how not nice the city is and everything else...in the park in ...

... There are really no suburbs in lima and this was my first time living in the city and I will never do it again. I also have a new respect for police, now this city is not dangerous but the police preveent people from having loud parties all nite and things like that. I guess Im looking for a more ordered society in general. But peruvians are sweet people and were very very interested in a black man from north american.That ...