Check the opening times!!
So after 2 weeks of generally doing not much at all we woke up bright and early ready to explore Guayaquil. I say we but after 2 weeks of academic challenges (Drew) at Harvard and 2 weeks of running around in the Southern Carolina Hills at Camp Chatuga (Cara) the teenagers were less than enthusiastic.
The hire car arrived, it’s worryingly small but we will deal with that tomorrow when all our luggage has to go in!
A quick walk to the Parc Seminario to visit the Iguanas and the Cathedral
The usual hunt round the mobile phone shops to acquire a local sim. Quick thought that I should really have spent last 2 weeks practicing Spanish instead of drinking mojitos. First shop said they are not allowed to sell to foreigners as we don’t have a proper ID, the second shop said no problem (they were more than happy to use the fake ID they kept especially for these circumstances!)
So with Google maps and search engine in full working order we took a cab to Parc Historico.
Once again we should have done our research a little more carefully as we arrived to find that it shuts on Tuesdays which is a bit random. Undeterred we found a great food place with big fat crêpes (not very traditional ecuadorean fare but very yummy and chocolatey).
From there we went to the river front where the girls did lots of this… “screaming fair ride” and we saw the city from their very own London Eye. All in all a good first day
Cara is now very happily having her nails manicured in the shopping centre next to the hotel.
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