Guayaquil

I don't want to write this as if it's a journal, but let me just say, it took me 21 hours to get from New Orleans, LA to Guayaquil, Ecuador and it was awful. That should never happen to anyone.

Guayaquil is an interesting city, just like every other city in the world is interesting. There is history buried in the cracks of every wall just like every other city, there are people from a plethora of backgrounds just like every other city, there are unique restaurants and shops and monuments just like every other city, and of course there are statues of famous people all over the place, just like every other city. But what I really love about Latin America is that I can look at this hill...

and not be sure exactly where I am in the world. There is nothing that really stands out as being purely "Latin American" and that's what makes it so special; so many territories have influences this area that in many ways you can't distinguish one history from the other. A true melting pot, making Ecuador, which is as we all know a part of Latin America, a confusing place to visit. In the best possible sense.