23/07/04- 24/07/04 Quayaquil, Ecuador

Fabulous place. Quayaquil has it all, a nice city, water with a very nice promenade type thing, sun, iguanas in the park and a bit of history. Unfortunately we didn't get to see the best bit of history (the shrunken heads in the museum) as they had been put away in place of an exhibit about the town because it was the weekend that the locals celebrated finding the city.

Yes, Malecón 2000 (as the sea side strip is called) is a remarkable improvement to what was there before and great for a stroll.