Grand Hotel Guayaquil

... people it was a combination of Miami, San Diego, and Lisbon. We took a $5 cab ride to our hotel, the not-so Grand Hotel Guayaquil. The service was awful although we had a giant room of about 700 square feet, and as soon as we checked in a big fruit ...

... just gotten used to it by now, hard to tell. Once in Guayquil, we took a taxi to the hotel. We picked the Grand Hotel Guayaquil and very nice it was, but it was almost the most expensive place we had chosen to stay so it should have been. After dumping ...

... 84 degrees and humid.  We're at sea level now (first time in 2 weeks) so I'm giddy with oxygen. Our hotel, Grand Hotel Guayaquil, is located right next to the huge cathedral downtown (one exterior wall of the cathedral covered in vines forms the ...

... Quito. And the especially exciting part is that I have never been there before! We arrived at about 8:30 am to Hotel Guayaquil. The hotel is impressive and was VERY comfortable. We ate their buffet breakfast,rested a bit, and then proceeded out to see ...

On our return to Guayaquil we stayed more centrally in the Grand Hotel. Tracey and I had a huge suite, into which all my rooms for the next week would probably fit. The dressing room was the size of the cabin on the boat we'd just been on. We also had ...

... magical... as was the city of Cusco and the surrounding ruins in Pisac - everyone should experience this once in their lives. Guayaquil in Ecuador was a total surprise - a mix of Miami, San Diego and Lisbon... I really enjoyed it, in comparison to most ...

We're headed to Cusco tomorrow, if I can follow up there I will, if not then I'll catch up after the xmas break. In between that time I'll probably be in the Amazon jungle somewhere. I say probably because there's a chance I might die from a spider-bite ...

Monday 26 April Flight eventually arrived (having come via Lima) at 12.40. We were met at the airport by the hotel shuttle service. What a treat to not have to think about how we were going to navigate our way into town!   It is much more humid here ...

... 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 ...

... Sticks were like a risotto in a coating similar to fish sticks - crumbed. So the purpose of the Guayaquil stay was the English speaking Assembly. The Marcelius Hotel (I&II&III) was most of the Chilean Brother and Sisters were staying. It was a ...

... the Plaza you see the President´s Palace, a large church, a combination police and tourist station, and some restaurants and the Grand Hotel. It is a gathering spot for people who talk or watch performances by musicians or actors in white face. I was ...

... the village fleet of pickup taxis. It costs us a dollar, money well spent in the heat of the day, to reach our seaside hotel, Grand Hotel Lobo del Mar.for US$30 per night. The girl on the counter has to look pretty hard for our booking, even though ...

... . Hotel Asterisk. June 9: KLM 597, Amsterdam (AMS) to Cape Town (CPT), 1020am-955pm. June 9-13: Cape Town. Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel Cape Town. June 13: 1T112, Cape Town (CPT) to Johannesburg (JNB), 6pm-8pm. June 13-14: Johannesburg. Lodging ...

... burned in 1526. We're up early this morning to get on yet another flight to the Galapagos through Ecuador's other major city, Guayaquil - 600 miles to go.  We're pretty revved up in anticipation of finally boarding The Grace.  We should arrive ...

... c'est en général propre et les gens sont accueillants. Mais il arrive que l'hôtel oublie notre réservation. Par exemple, à Guayaquil, juste avant les Galápagos, l'hôtel que nous avions réservé ne pouvait plus nous accueillir : il y avait un ...

... de nos efforts !   Il nous faut bien ca car samedi, nous avons pour objectif de rallier Chugchillan a Guayaquil, deuxieme grande ville d'Equateur situee sur la cote, soit passer de 3800 d'altitude a ...0 !! Et donc encore une fois ca ...

... more time. Definitely the best steak we have ever had under $10.  An early night as we prepared for our departure to Guayaquil tomorrow. Day 11 Mostly a cool start to the day but it seems that Henning’s hangover is more of a sickness than a ...

... non-stop well into the night to get to her little Finian. But sensible me prevailed and we finally stopped in the grand old Paris Hotel on the main square in Portoviejo which is a commercial centre but absolutely dead at night and finding somewhere to ...

The overnight bus to Guayaquil was tough after rafting and canyoning as none of us slept due to the bus being terrible...we landed there 3 hours early so arrived at 5am...waited an hour to get a 3 hour bus to Montanita....stayed in Hotel Montanita...our ...

... to end our Galapagos trip. Perfect! The rest of team one were staying on for an extra night whereas we were leaving for Guayaquil in the morning. Sam Galapagos + wildlife, being somewhere as unique. - more touristy that we thought. Really ...