From Lima we took our last extremely long bus ride. It was supposed to be 26 hours from Lima to Guayaquil, Ecuador but our stop at the border took so long that we finally arrived in Guayaquil three hours late... for a grand total of 29 hours. We had planned on only changing buses in Guayaquil and heading straight to Quito, but we were too exhausted for eight more hours of sitting on a bus. We found a hostel in Guayaquil and decided to stay there for the night and see a bit of the city the following day.
Guayaquil is located on a large river so one of the main attractions is a long boardwalk (El Malecón) with lots of shops, restaurants, playgrounds, etc. This is one of the cleaner cities that we have seen in a while, so we enjoyed walking along the river and relaxing without seeing lots of trash everywhere. The only part we weren´t crazy about was the extreme heat. Lots of humidity and lots of walking... ick. We also visited the Plaza de las Iguanas (Iguana Plaza) where there were literally hundreds of iguanas sitting in the trees and crawling through the grass.
El Malecón
Plaza de Las Iguanas
Don´t make eye contact!
¨Chifa¨ is Chinese Food. Not sure what they were trying to say here...
After a day of seeing the city we caught a bus to our next stop, Quito. After spending a couple of days in Quito (which we will discuss in our next post) we returned to Guayaquil to catch our flight to Panamá. We arrived a day early to see a little more of the city of Guayaquil. Our friend, Ruth, from Word of Life drove four hours to spend the day with us. It was fun to see her again. We spent that day walking around the Malecón a little more and walking up Cerro Santa Ana (Saint Ana´s Hill) to get an overlook of the city.
These houses are on Cerro Santa Ana. They are some of the first to be built in Guayaquil.
On top of the cerro with our friend Ruth
Another view from the top
Coming up next... Quito!
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