Who would you rather have as a friend Esperanza or Charlotte Doyle?

For me, Charlotte Doyle would be the person I would most like to be friends with.

First of all, Charlotte is adventurous. I want a friend who wants to get their hands dirty, take risks, one who wants to do stuff. Esperanza doesn't really seem like she's got those kinds of traits.

Charlotte also has connections. She knows people, like Zachariah, who could get us on boats and we could be off sailing the high seas, climbing the main mast, fixing sails, all that cool sailor stuff Charlotte already knows about.

To be fair though, Esperanza is probably really nice, someone you could really count on and talk to. Those are traits that really good friends have.
In conclusion: Esperanza certainly wouldn't be a bad friend to have, but I think I'd have more fun with Charlotte the sailor.