The city of Guayaquil in Ecuador.

We stopped at Guayaquil only to go to the more famous Galapagos islands. But we felt quite at home in this city. The food in general was awesome. The shrimps especially are well cleaned and tastes fresh. Never tasted better shrimps in my life.

Guayaquil as seen from Santa Ana Hill.

Guayaquil like most of Ecuador is predominantly catholic.

An embalmed saint.

An Iguana park in the city.

Girl feeding an Iguana.

Girl holding the Iguana's tail.

Historic park - Macaws.

Historic park - Ant eaters.

Historic park - Sloth.

Historic park - Banana plantation sampler.

Historic park - Corn plantation sampler.

Historic park - Cocoa beans.

The best cocoa in the world comes from Ecuador and we vouch for that.

Mangoes are available all year since Ecuador is on the equator and they have summer all year round.

Some fruits we got from the supermarket to try.

All kinds of beans are available at the supermarket.

I think not just cocoa but the best shrimps in the world come from Ecuador too.

Shrimp Saviche and banana chips.

Tree tomato juice.

Care from some grilled bananas?

Flowers that caught my attention.

A lovely ceramic vase for the beautiful Guayaquil flowers.