This morning Debbie of SV Serenity gave us ride from the boat to shore. Debbie and Victor just returned to their boat after a trip to Peru and they gave us some wonderful tips. Now we are off on our own adventure.
We got a taxi to the Terminal Terrestre or bus station in Bahia de Caraquez and caught the Coactur bus to Guayaquil. The tickets were only $12 for the two of us and it was a bit more of a 'chicken bus'. There was only one major stop in between but we did pick up and drop off folks at many stops in between. The stop at Portoviejo was interesting. The vendors come through the bus and the selection included baked goods, fruits, toothbrushes, comic books, ear buds, lottery tickets, water, coconut water and more. After this stop, they played the movie, "Ghost Rider", with Nicholas Gage and Sam Elliott, in Spanish of course. It was a Chinese pirated DVD as a Chinese screen came up just after the credits. The ride was about 5 1/2 hours.
From the bus station in Guayaquil we ride a taxi to our hotel, a posh Courtyard Marriott. We are on the 15th floor and have a great view of the airport as you may see below. Tomorrow we travel to Cuenca.
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