Guayaquil is the largest city in Ecuador
Today is December
22nd. I'm about to work a three day trip and I am feeling a very festive in
My Christmas earrings. Look at Luna. She is queen of the couch
Hey guys
So Julia and I just got back from Colorado Murray spent some time with my family
And now she's actually gonna go work flight to Ecuador
If you didn't know you get paid extra money if you work over holidays
So this is a nice way that we get to make a little extra holiday cash
And if you haven't seen our trip in, Colorado
You should go give it a watch. We went back to where we first met in Colorado at the University of Denver
Julia actually did a little gymnastics for the first time in almost 30 years
I know that a lot of you guys think that Erica like hates YouTube, which is so far from the truth
So here's proof that he doesn't he usually just lets me kind of do my own thing
Just got to my gate and I see that were delayed about half an hour
And I don't know why you it so I'm gonna try to figure out why we're delayed
I haven't seen any other crew members around here. So I am the first one to get here
Just
Boarded the plane and we found out that we are delayed because the inbound aircraft was running late, but it's okay
We're all on now
I'm going to check my emergency equipment and then the passengers will start boarding and we will be on our way to a course
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Let's check out the room. We have a very nice bathroom through here
There's a pretty big tub and shower which is really nice
we have a safe and a fridge right here a king-size bed and a
Chair with a desk and TV and then I'm sure
The view will be much prettier in the morning. Just got to like ule Ecuador
The flight was actually pretty bumpy and it seriously felt so long
I don't know why it was only six hours long, but it felt like it was ten
But it is 2:00 in the morning here. I am exhausted
So I'm going to shower and get into bed. And our flight tomorrow is at 1:40 a.m. Back to Dallas. We're working the all-nighter
So I have just about 24 hours here in y-kill Ecuador
Here is a flight attendant hotel room hack when you can't get the curtains to close all the way grab a hanger from the closet
Good morning. Why Akhil? It is such a beautiful day out. Good morning, everyone
I am so excited to get out and explore especially since the weather is so nice out. It's summer here
It's 80 degrees and cloudy. So it should be a really really nice day
There's no full-length mirror in this hotel room, but I am wearing a pink dress and matching tennis shoes
I am almost ready to go. But first I am going to go grab something to eat because this hotel does have a complimentary breakfast
So for breakfast I have a lot of carbs I have some fruit right here potatoes right here and
some toast with some blackberry jam
Coffee and orange juice. I am with my coworker Jose and we are waiting outside for our uber to get here
It is awesome. You guys uber here is super cheap
we are heading to park a semi not Rio which has a bunch of iguanas and
I'm really excited and our uber to get there is only two dollars and ninety cents
has a dog
Will not pay them
Uber driver just dropped us off and since that. Oh, they let's do that. And now we are going to head to the work
And I have found my first iguana in the park, hey buddy, oh
My gosh, so there are a ton of birds over here along with more iguanas, look at this guy
Rock out dude
If you guys can remember from my Hawaii vlog way back when how much I don't like pigeons and I hate birds
I'm being very brave. I
Hate birds, you should be proud of me for how brave I am here because there are a ton of pigeons at this park
We are leaving the park now and we are heading to Mallik cocoon
Mm sighs again Mele : mm, which is a boardwalk and there's a big ferris wheel
So it's kind of like just a downtown area, so it should be really good
We have Santa over here the reindeer back there. Oh and there's more reindeer right here I
Am really wishing at this point that I would have worn a tank top and shorts instead of a dress with sleeves
Because I am already starting to sweat and it's pretty humid out, too
We are now at the medical in 2000
Which is the boardwalk I was talking about and we climbed some steps and were able to
Make it to the top of this viewpoint and the views are beautiful on both sides behind me. You can see do that
They central and then on the other side of me you can see the river
So over here is you dad they Center and then you just take down these steps and
Here you have a beautiful view of the river and you can't see it. But there's a lot of greenery out there. I
Doubt you'll be able to see it in this video. But out there is I believe the largest ferris wheel in South America
So we're gonna see if we can head over that way
So yeah, I'll miss you guys
So this is really cool in the sense that they show that they have a biofuel sign which is similar to
The Toronto sign and Amsterdam signs, which are just kind of like touristy attraction areas. But this one is really cool because it's Christmas Day
Along the Riverwalk, they have a little park for kids which is super cute and we are making our way to the ferris wheel
So now we are much closer to the ferris wheel I'm not sure if it's running or not
But I do know if we can go on it. You have beautiful views of Santa Anna over there
Along the boardwalk they have a little amusement park that has a few different rides. Oh my goodness
I see a roller coaster out there
but I think we are just gonna go on the ferris wheel and when I looked it up online the ferris wheel was
three US dollars
To the ferris wheel and it is so hot
We are both flooding it so much another great thing about Ecuador is they accept you as cashier?
And that's actually their currency is US dollars
So on this side of the third panel you have views of the water and then over here on
You just got off the ferris wheel and we are now making our way to
The edge of the boardwalk where we are going to go to Las Pinas and climb the famous
444 steps to the top of Santa Ana where you have a beautiful view of the city
Before I came here to like so Ecuador. I made sure to Google a lot of different things that you could do
And this was one of the top search results. So I'm really excited to go visit this place at the end of the boardwalk
They have some shopping that you can do for those little markets
These magnets are only a dollar each and I think I'm gonna get the pink one for myself and the red one for my dad
Which fun fact my dad actually lived in Ecuador?
They like our shadows
Let me just say how thankful I am that Jose
decided to come out with me today because I
Speak a tiny bit of Spanish, but not nearly enough to get around the city and he has helped translate very much
this is the start of the
444 steps to the top as you can see it. They are numbered along the side
We're going to make the journey up as you are climbing the steps
there are different alleyways that have different places to eat and it looks like there are shops and other
restaurants along the way up to the top just finished the first 100 steps and it looks like here they have a restaurant and
There's a restaurant slash bar over here. And then there's another place to grab hamburgers right here
So climbing the steps is not the super hard part the really hard part is that it is really hot out
The Sun is beating down on us and we are on the homestretch to the top
When you get to about the end of the 300 on one side
There is a beautiful lookout and on the other side. There is the Museo del Santa Ana
We are making our way to the top where the lighthouses and the view of Santa Ana
And we have
Officially made it
To the top at the top of the 444 steps
There is a beautiful blue and white lighthouse that has a stunning view of the water in city
- a Tanya better one more look at he said come on color into those creases
Don't cut the fuck. Yeah
The White House and wow, you isn't probably the top of humor, so
Jump or die this right here
you'll see a white kill flag and it's similar to the United States how every state has a flag every
City in Ecuador has a different flag. It's
1:30 p.m. Now, so we've been walking around for a few hours and we're starting to get hungry
So I think we're gonna go try and find a place to grab lunch another fun fact for you guys
Why kill is the largest city in Ecuador? However Quito is the capital and I really want to go to Kyoto one day
So kind of odd but actually along the 444 steps a lot of the restaurants and bars are closed until night time
I on our way down. We did find a place that was open actually perfect because they have smoothies
I don't want any hot food right now. I just want something to pull me down. So I thought of smoke I
Don't know if you can see it on my face, but I am literally dripping sweat trying
Definitely just by myself. It is very good. We actually are gonna head back to the hotel because you're both exhausted
We don't know if it's just the heat or not getting a full eight hours of sleep
Just got back to the hotel and I think I'm just gonna hang out here and chill for a little bit and then maybe head
to the pool
All right
I am about to head to the pool and I swear I must be like the pink girl or something this trip because all of
My outfits have been like the same color
Took a quick dip in the pool which felt so nice because it is so hot out and now I am really hungry
So I think I'm going to meet up with some of my crew members downstairs and we're going to have dinner
After I ate I came up to my room
I took a shower I relaxed for a little while and I tried to not be as we are working a red-eye flight back to
Dallas tonight if you've been following along with my channel for a while you would know these are my absolute
Least favorite flights to work. I'm really bad at staying up late at night
But what is really awesome is I will be back by around 6:45 a.m. On Christmas Eve
Made it to Dallas
The flight was actually shorter than we originally thought it was going to be so we got in early
I am exhausted and now I am just waiting for Eric
He's here
Wow the skyline looks really pretty
They're both really tired, but Merry Christmas Eve everyone
I hope that you all have a wonderful holiday and what all did you guys ask for for Christmas?
I told Eric tonight I am a sign is a seven day Caribbean group
So we'll see if that happens in 2020
Why is the best gift that you have ever been given?
And what do you think is the best gift that you have ever given someone else?
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My goodness
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