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| From Guayaquil, Ec... |
Once we were in Guayaquil, we began searching for a hotel. It is usually really hard for Dan and I to make up our minds about hotels, but this time we had a clearly defined goal: find an inexpensive hotel that was showing the Patriots vs Colts game (personally, I´m not a big Patriots fan, but both teams were undefeated, and the Colts are probably my least favorite team). In South America it is normal to ask to see the room before taking it, so this time while we would see the room, we would turn on the TV and look for the game (we got into Guayaquil just as the game was starting). After three hotels, we finally found the game, and it was well worth the search because it turned out to be a very close game with the Patriots finally pulling through at the end. Below is a picture of just before the Patriots made their comeback:
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| From Guayaquil, Ec... |
The next day in Guayaquil we walked around the Malecon, which is the area along the river that Guayaquil had recently restored for the new millenium. We had gone to the Malecon the last time we were in Guayaquil several weeks earlier, but it was at night and we were not very impressed. However, this time around we were there for a lovely sunny day and it was great.
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| From Guayaquil, Ec... |
Near the end of the Malecon is a recently built up neighborhood called Cerro Santa Ana. It is basically a 465 step, outdoor stairwell with shops along the way. By that point in the day it was way to hot to climb to the top of the hill, so instead we decided to cool down at an internet cafe that was supposedly 1/3 of the way up the hill. However, we somehow missed it, because we found the top of the hill before we found the internet cafe. Fortunately, it was still worth the climb because the top of the hill had a very nice view of the city. (On the way back down we found the internet cafe, but it was closed)
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| From Guayaquil, Ec... |
That night we took a red-eye flight to Buenos Aires. We had ended up spending so much time in Ecuador and still had so much we wanted to do in Argentina and Brazil, we decided to skip Chile. However, fortunately for us, the cheapest way to fly to Buenos Aires was to have a two hour layover in Santiago, Chile! Unfortunately, Chile charges Americans $100 to enter their country (Chile and Brazil do this because the US charges everyone entering our country $100), so we decided against leaving the airport. However, that time we spent in Chile between 5-7 AM was really swell! Here are some of the highlights of our trip to Chile:
Dan at the airport giftstore:
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| From Santiago, Chile |
View from the airport window:
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| From Santiago, Chile |
Close-up of the mountains:
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| From Santiago, Chile |
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