GUAYAQUIL – ECUADOR

Shades of modernity to the banks of a rushing river and winding. Agitation and bustle in the streets, factories, shops and the boardwalk that borders the Pacific Ocean. Constant movement in a colorful city, trapping its feverish pace, their commercial push, seductive nights.
Coastal land, hot, wet, attractive and cosmopolitan. This is Guayaquil, the city spoiled by the Pacific Ocean and the Guayas River, a dark giant stream in the sailing ships bobbing globetrotter and canoes that seem drawn from the time of myths and legends.
And it’s not uncommon to hear the drama of Guayas, a brave indigenous leader, who in his anxiety not to fall into the hands of Spanish conquerors, decided to kill his wife, Quil, and then delivered to the river water. The names are gathered. A city was baptized.
That happened long ago. Now, the history of this country entered the metal beats of the factories and refineries, the sirens of the boats that anchor in the harbor and the roar of the cash registers of its commercial and financial centers, reasons that have made ??the heart Guayaquil country’s economic and the most populous city in Ecuador.
Modernity is not only felt in Guayaquil. Another face is calm and tranquil, located in parks, in museums, in the old district of Las Peñas, cobbled streets and wooden houses. The land of Guayas never cease to surprise, that you can be assured.