We slept in due to our late night out. After getting up and ready later in the morning, Alexis showed Jared and I around Guayaquil. We first went to downtown Guayaquil (took a taxi from Duran to downtown Guayaquil) and saw the Iglesia San Francisco. We also walked aroundMalecón 2000, including a walk through the gardens.
We also walked over to Las Peñas (Wikipedia: "Las Peñas is a neighbourhood in the northeast corner of the city centre; is the artistic centre of the city. Many of the area's 400-year-old houses have been converted into art galleries and several notable artists have studios in the area."). At the foot of the steps, I tried grosellas con sal - a little sour but good. We walked over 400 steps to get to the top and got a great view of the city.
Next we met up with Alexis's cousin and walked to a place to get sweets...which ended up being ice cream with fruit and cream (yum!). Afterwards, we went to a bar to hang out and get another view of the city. For dinner, we met Alexis's aunt (Jazmin) at Tenedor de Oro. Alexis and I split a dish with clams, mussels, shrimp and squid. We splurged on Tres Leches cake and Alexis's aunt's boyfriend (Carlos) also fed us a snack when we got back to Jazmin's apartment (he's a chef). Lots of food!
We also walked over to Las Peñas (Wikipedia: "Las Peñas is a neighbourhood in the northeast corner of the city centre; is the artistic centre of the city. Many of the area's 400-year-old houses have been converted into art galleries and several notable artists have studios in the area."). At the foot of the steps, I tried grosellas con sal - a little sour but good. We walked over 400 steps to get to the top and got a great view of the city.
Next we met up with Alexis's cousin and walked to a place to get sweets...which ended up being ice cream with fruit and cream (yum!). Afterwards, we went to a bar to hang out and get another view of the city. For dinner, we met Alexis's aunt (Jazmin) at Tenedor de Oro. Alexis and I split a dish with clams, mussels, shrimp and squid. We splurged on Tres Leches cake and Alexis's aunt's boyfriend (Carlos) also fed us a snack when we got back to Jazmin's apartment (he's a chef). Lots of food!