March 3, 2015Guayaquil reminds me of Cambodia. It is the largest city in Ecuador and I expected a large modern city but it seems very third world to me.many people selling things on the streets. Old man with a box containing small amounts of individual cigarettes, gum, Tootsie Roll's, and water, a lady selling a very small selection of gummy candy like licorice lozenges, a radio and other things all unwrapped in one box out in the heat. Guys selling small packages of Q-tips, lottery ticket sellers yelling on the streets, and many people selling water standing in the middle of the road or at the park yelling agua! Agua!
Very modern appliance stores they also sell motorcycles inside the store. Markets, pharmacies etc. are all tiny little openings on the street.
I saw a bearded dragon at the park eating with a couple pigeons. Not a lot of horn honking. People are very nice and pedestrians wait on the corner for green lights and then cross en masse. So that part is much more civilized than Asia.
