Iguanas!

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Yay! I finally got to Parque Seminario also known as the Iguana Park in downtown Guayaquil. At first I was too busy looking around to realize that at my feet were dozens of iguanas. Families come here so the children can feed the iguanas and chase them. When an iguana has had enough, it runs up a tree or goes back inside the small fenced area. These two below were not in the mood for tourists.
 
 This one was looking for food. Lettuce seemed to be the item of the day.
 
 Maybe ready to deal with people again. I don't know why they don't run into the road. Must be Iguana evolution/Darwinism at work.

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