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Trip to Ecuador

Day 10 - Thursday, November 16, 2023 - Guayaquil

On our own today. Slept in and had a nice breakfast at the hotel. Then we headed to Santa Anna Hill, a section by the side of the malecon, and climbed the 444 steps to get to the top. This is an area that was cleaned up by the government. At the top we climbed another 49 steps to the top of the lighthouse. We also visited the little church there. We ran into Patricia, Susan, Rob and Suzette. From there we went to the MAAC, the anthropological museum, and we met the group again as we were leaving. Our next stop was the gondolas but they were temporarily closed so we grabbed a drink and walked to a nearby church. We returned to the gondolas and met the "crew". We missed jumping on their gondola out to Duran Island but rode back with them.  We had lunch at a cute little cafe and went to Centennial Park via the gondola. After it was on to the malecon to take a boat ride but no one was there. We returned to the hotel for dinner which was ceviche and pasta bolognese. Went back to the room and watched Thursday night football.

View from our hotel room

View of river

San Martin

The Malecon

Making our way up the steps

Only at 171

Seeing the sights along the way



Made it to the lighthouse

444 now 49 more to the top of the lighthouse



Happy to rest for a while













The gondola

Lunch with some of our fellow travelers

Mural as seen from the gondola

Centennial Park

Had to try the Emcebollada - their special soup

 


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