Barrio Los Penas - Guayaquil

 

This is the view at the bottom. You are looking up at Barrio Los Penas, an old neighborhood in Guayaquil. Hundreds of stairs are between you and the lighthouse at the top but you don't know that yet because you never learned how to count that high in Spanish. So you start up the stairs, thinking that it's only 150 steps. Along the street the houses have "before" photos, showing how run down the place had been and the restoration today.

At the very top, something close to 500 steps later (150, 500, I got the hundred and the five part right. Just mis-placed a zero) you have the best view in Guayaquil! I suggest stopping half-way up for water and a rest to take in the river view.

 Looking back down at the street.