Posts Tagged ‘Ecuador’
At the heart of it all in Guayaquil’s Malecón
It didn’t take long to discover that the life of the Ecuadorian port city of Guayaquil all unfolds along the Malecón 2000. This is the name given to an ambitious urban development project, a large and pleasant is the name given to boardwalk skirting along the wide Guayas River. This project to revitalize central Guayaquil…
Read MoreGuayaquil’s modern Santa Ana Port
I’ve already written about my early morning jogs when I was staying in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil. I would pass along the Malecon, up the (killer) stairs to the panoramic lighthouse and through the picturesque, colonial Las Peñas neighborhood. On these jogs, I would also loop my way through the modern Santa Ana Port. This complex…
Read MoreColonial splendor in Guayaquil’s Las Peñas neighborhood, Ecuador
I always fall for colonial architecture, so when I was in Guayaquil, Ecuador this past autumn, it’s not surprising I was immediately drawn to the gorgeous Las Peñas neighborhood. Las Peñas was the first neighborhood built in Guayaquil – now Ecuador’s largest city. It was constructed 400 years ago in typical colonial Spanish style. Unfortunately,…
Read MoreMy (kinda, sorta) Rocky moment … in Guayaquil
Well, this Rocky moment certainly didn’t occur in a bout of heavyweight boxing. But I did feel like a (rather distant) cousin of Rocky Balboa each morning in Guayaquil when I went jogging up the steps to the lighthouse to enjoy the views over Ecuador’s largest city. Do you remember the original movie’s opening scene…
Read MoreHangin’ out with the iguanas … in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Last week, I was in the coastal city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. It was my first time there, and though work didn’t allow me as much time as I would have liked to explore, I did get a nice introduction to Ecuador’s largest city. I also had the chance to make “friends” with some of the…
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