after our time in cuenca, we travelled on to
guayaquil. we passed through the national park "El Cajas",
famous for it's many lagoons
passing through villages with nice swimming
places in the river...
in the countryside of the lowlands
beutiful sunset just before arriving in
guayaquil
after going to our hotel, we went to see the
"malecon", the waterfront of the river "guayas".
guayaquil is ecuador's most dangerous city (it's also the biggest
one), but these 2km are supersafe, even until midnight. there are so
many policemen, you can even see children having fun on the
playground.
looks like some virgin..
on this promenade, there is a lot of
leisure-stuff. like this oreo-park for kids to play in (for those who
don't know it, oreo is sort of the most famous biscuit here, with a
milky filling between two chocolate biscuits like you can see here on
the toys)
the hill of "las peñas"
having ice cream at night, wearing a dress. so
warm there!
la rotonda - monument dedicated to Bolivar and
San Martin, two super-important guys for the latin-american
liberation.
our view out of the hotel room, you can see the
hill of "las peñas" again
next morning, we went to visit the cemetary.
should be the most beautiful one in whole latin america. but it's
difficult to get in: there are more than 10 entrances, and the guard
didn't let us in with the cameras because it's forbidden to take
pictures. he told us we could go to some building close-by to ask
permission. so we went there, had to give our ID in order to be
allowed to enter, then take numbers to wait with the other people -
all ecuadorians planning a funeral (weird situation for us tourists,
and probably also for them). when it was our turn, the lady told us
that we had to talk to the architect. so the guard let us in his
office, and the famous mr. wong (chinese architect of the cemetary)
explained us that the guards of the door we have been don't know
anything. so he called the guard of another door and sent us there.
finally, we were allowed to get in, because a guy working on the
cemetary came and gave us a private tour. such a hard work, but
finally, it was worth it:
almost like the monument in the malecon, but
this time it's a grave of some bank guy. on this cemetary, there are
about 20 ecuadorian presidents, a lot of bank guys, some footballers,
artists etc.
such a nice "park"
the most beautiful "gravestone"
after visiting the cemetary, we went to
the waterfront again, to see it during in daytime.
the old maret building of guayaquil -
architect: gustave eiffel
the clock tower and behind, a government
building
probably the best park in the world - parque de
las iguanas. just an uncountable number of free iguanas inside this
park, just next to the cathedral and a lot of busy streets!
they so don't care about the people - one tried
to get up this bench where the old lady was sitting :-)
having a fight, looking like dinosaurs
that's my favourite one - sunbathing with
folding back the legs :-)
also a little pond with turtles and fish is
there - such a mess with so many turtles!
a bit afraid to touch him, but i did it :-)
beautiful reptile
the park with the iguanas, behind guayaquil's
cathedral.
