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'''Guayaquil''' is a big, hot, seedy port city in [[Ecuador]] renown across the country for "la inseguridad".
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|country = Ecuador
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|province= [[Guayas]]
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|pop = 2,291,158
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|plate = G
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|motorways =  E40, E48, E49
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'''Guayaquil''', officially '''Santiago de Guayaquil''', is the largest and the most populous city in [[Ecuador]], with around 2.69 million people in the metropolitan area, as well as the nation's main port. The city is the capital of the Ecuadorian province of [[Guayas]] and the seat of the namesake canton.
  
 
== Hitching out ==
 
== Hitching out ==
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=== North towards [[Quito]] ===
  
=== North towards [[Quito]] ===
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Take a bus to Duran and get off at the [[gas station]] near "Parque de la 4ta etapa del Recreo". 
  
Take a bus to Duran and get off at the gas station near "Parque de la 4ta etapa del Recreo". 
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=== East towards [[Riobamba]], [[Cuenca]] or South towards [[Peru]]===
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'''Estacion Tambo'''?
  
 
=== West towards [[Salinas]] ===
 
=== West towards [[Salinas]] ===
  
Take a bus to Chongón ($.35).  Get off at the toll booth, right before the bus turns off the highway (tell the driver you want to get down at the Peajé).   
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Take a bus to Chongón ($.35).  Get off at the [[toll booth]], right before the bus turns off the highway (tell the driver you want to get down at the Peajé).   
  
 
''A friendly security guard at this toll booth helped me get a lift in August, 2014.  '' -[[user:Dr.Keith|Keith]]
 
''A friendly security guard at this toll booth helped me get a lift in August, 2014.  '' -[[user:Dr.Keith|Keith]]

Revision as of 02:30, 5 September 2014

Guayaquil
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Ecuador
Population: 2,291,158
Licence plate: G
Major roads: E40, E48, E49
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This article contains text from the Wikipedia article on Guayaquil.


Guayaquil, officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador, with around 2.69 million people in the metropolitan area, as well as the nation's main port. The city is the capital of the Ecuadorian province of Guayas and the seat of the namesake canton.

Hitching out

North towards Quito

Take a bus to Duran and get off at the gas station near "Parque de la 4ta etapa del Recreo".

East towards Riobamba, Cuenca or South towards Peru

Estacion Tambo?

West towards Salinas

Take a bus to Chongón ($.35). Get off at the toll booth, right before the bus turns off the highway (tell the driver you want to get down at the Peajé).

A friendly security guard at this toll booth helped me get a lift in August, 2014. -Keith