Sol De Oriente Hotel Guayaquil

... br><br>Monday 21st September 2009<br><br>yesterday being Sunday there wasn't a lot going on, so we did quite a lot of walking around but in the end it was just too hot. It seemed as if the whole city went to sleep around 2pm and didn't get back up again until it was dark and therefore cool. Today we had a lie in then hit the streets to try and buy maps of Peru and Bolivia. We eventually found the libreria Scientifica and they actually had maps of ...

... here.&#8221;<br><br>&#8220;No, I have friends in Cuenca, leave them there and I will get them to pick up&#8221;<br><br>Had further conversations with LAN Guayaquil and Cuenca and my novia and amigos. I went outside back to Check in area. Brought a ticket (cheaper) with TAME to catch a flight at 5:30pm. Organised a partial refund of my LAN Boarding Pass. Wasted time in the airport.<br><br>Now I had been told that only I was able to collect my bags, and all I needed to do was ...

... on building for this woman and her husband. Then we were all told to leave the build sites and return to Schoenstatt for lunch and a meeting. IRONMEN don't do that. We skipped lunch, labored long and hard, and took four + hours to build homes. Nut at the end of the day, two families have new homes that they did not have this morning. God is good, ALL the time!<br> We have just finished dinner, a meal that was more inhaled than enjoyed, and a great time ...

... around with the truck and have to pick it up all scattered along the sidewalks. This is after the sidewalk water has swept through, basically creating a pile of ****. I walk around early in the morning as the sun starts to rise to find hostels. none to be found. I open my south american footprints guide and look for the cheapest accomadation and find it to be hotel velez. A large popular rundown $9.90 a night hotel located in the ...

... of course) about Cuba's history and their revolution, as told by older (mainly) citizens who had actually been there at the time, some even fighting. One of them was an old poet who said he had been in the guerrilla, and had a great story to tell. Both Yanara and this older man were there at the screening for questions after the film, which was really interesting (although unfortunately there were many rude people during the ...

... Was really cool. We also wandered around the Malecon (river front) and went on a pirate boat on the water. At sunset we walked up 444 steps through the area called Las Peñas up to the lighthouse. There was really nice views out over the whole city and the area was really nice too. It was also SO SO hot so we did the sensible thing and found a bar with AC ...

... last minute cruise in the Galapagos Islands. I visited two travel agencies, and finally decided to go for a 4D3N luxury cruise on the Queen of Galapagos, and this will cost me about US$580. Before actually ...

... bus and shined flashlights around. It was interesting though because they never looked in our passports or in any luggage. So, even though we were stopped several times, which seems sort of official and like they take the border crossing seriously, they never checked anything! It was a difficult ride to sleep on, with all the stopping and starting, lights in my faces, and random passengers that we continued to pick up the whole rest of the way to Guayaquil ...

... terrible, certe la ballade sur le malecon est chouette et la peña aussi mais me suis pas sentie tres a laise. doit falloir y rester un peu plus pour prendre la temperature decette ville. a priori assez chaude!! je vais pas mattarder, le soir je rentre chez Suzie le lendemain depart pour Cuenca avant le Perou. je suis impatiente dy arriver et surtout daller a Trujillo.

Got to Ecuador and the Southern Hemisphere finally! Just waiting for the "de-stuffing" of the container the bike was transported from Panama in. Could be a day, maybe two but you can definately count on oodles of little taxes and handling charges that make all the laverly bureaucracy all ...