Flor de Bastion is a small sector located in the north of Ecuador’s

economic center, Guayaquil. The sector and its people have experienced much

adversity, and feels like an entirely different world from the city center it

borders by just 9 miles. Nowhere is this contrast more apparent than in El Paraiso

De la Flor, which translates to “The Paradise of Flor.” It is the main road of the city of

Flor de Bastion, and contains all varieties of shops, restaurants, and schools. Flor de Bastion is a large neighborhood where mostly low-income working families live. El Paraiso serves as their center for everything from groceries and barber shops, to knock off clothing stores and sidewalk tattoo parlors.

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