I realized just how many things I skipped in my last post so I’m adding some additional transportation details in this post. When we arrived in Guayaquil, it was around 5:30 AM but Budget Rental Cars does not open until 7:00 so we ordered some fresh orange juice and patiently waited until the workers arrived at around 7:20.  They found our reservation with no problem and presented the bill to us.  We handed over our American Express card and stood at the counter for about an hour while they tried to get the card authorized.  The guy called everyone and their brother to try to figure out why the phone…

There are several options for transportation all over Ecuador but since we only visited the Pacific Coast, I will only comment on what we saw/experienced. Buses run everywhere and are quite inexpensive.  They stop to pick people up and drop people off wherever someone wants – even if there is no official bus stop at the location.  We saw a school girl exit the bus in the middle of the jungle where I saw one home total and saw them stop to pick people up just by flagging the bus down on the side of any road.  The buses are painted on the side with their destination.  See this one…