Passports!!

We arrived in Guayaquil, dirty and tired, at 7am. We headed to a hostel to drop our bags off and then hopped in a cab to the U.S. Embassy. What we did not realize was that it was Colombus Day, so after 30 minutes in a cab we arrived to find the embassy all but abandoned. Blasted! 

There isn´t really anything cool to do in Guayaquil. It is the biggest city in Ecuador, but for tourists it is pretty much just the gateway to the Galapagos.

There is a park in the middle of the city with giant iguanas, so that was pretty cool

The next day we went back to the embassy and finally, actually got our passports!!! As a bonus, the man at the Quito embassy had thought to order us the one with extra pages, free of charge. 

In conclusion, Guayaquil is not that exciting. We hopped on a night bus that night, bound for Peru!! 

Ecuador was so beautiful, awesome and fun, but we were happy to have passports so that we could continue on our journey southward. (We still have a lot of ground to cover over the next 2 months!)