Guayaquil

As you know if you follow our blog, we go through periods of blogging and then, no blogging. During the last no blogging period, we spent a weekend in Guayaquil. When the cold weather is more than Mick can handle, we go to the coast.

You usually hear only bad things about Guayaquil, however, we really like it and always enjoy a weekend there. There are fabulous restaurants and of course, there's MickeyD's. We always stay at Courtyard, which is modern and offers very good service.

While in Guayaquil, we frequent Samborondon. Samborondon is reminiscent of Miami. Beautiful homes, malls, and restaurants with outdoor seating. We had lunch at Noe, which is a chain of sushi restaurants. The meal was exquisite.

The desserts were luscious.

From the malecon, there is a river tour on the Henry Morgan. This fellow chose to kayak.

Mick on the Henry Morgan

Not the Henry Morgan

Everyone has their own preference in boats.

My guys

Some of the scenery

Larry, Karen, Mick, and Nikolas

The mast

The distributor for Garmin is in Urdesa. Karen called the owner, who met us on this holiday weekend to download the maps for Ecuador on Larry's new GPS. Here we have dueling GPS's.

Mick in Playas

It was a holiday weekend and Playas was packed.

A beach puppy

The weather was perfect, but some found it cold.

Beach bums

A cute purse

Guayaquil is just a short trip from Cuenca. It's warm, pleasant, and a big city feel. Most just pass through on their way to some place else. Guayaquil is worth perusing.

Until next time,

Mick and Kathy