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| 3rd security door, this is inside the apartment building |
We left Canoa 30 Sept 2013 and went to the port city of Guayaquil, in the travel books it's listed as the least safe city in Ecuador, oh joy. We had an amazing lady help us on the bus, she let us know how long we would have at the bus stops and helped us to find a "safe cab" to take from the bus depot as not all cabs are safe. This bus depot was huge, multi-level with people swarming all over. The security is high in Guayaquil with guards outside of banks/bank machines even after hours. Our hostel had 3 sets of security doors, 2 metal gates and then the door to our hostel. We experienced this multi door or gate security at our hostel in Quito as well.
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| Old city (Las Penas) brightly painted house |
Both Mike and I were ready for a change of scenery from Canoa where we could have more adventures. We were pleasantly surprised in Guayaquil by the Malecon which is a river front boardwalk and tourist area with lots to do from museums to IMAX. The Malecon has the oldest part of town (Las Penas) which has cobblestone paths winding all over and brightly painted old houses. We climbed all 444 stairs to the top of the old town to where a light house overlooks the whole city. While eating supper on the Malecon there was a break dancing performance which was great fun to watch. So far we have had a great experience here and enjoyed our nights stay!
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| Cobblestone road in Las Penas |
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