Our stay in Ecuador ended in Loja (a busy, not very attractive transport town). We arranged transportation with a bus company to leave Loja, go thru Ecuadorian and Peruvian border checkpoints and arrive in Piura, Peru. The trip isnt that far but when the driver stops for breafast, drinks and snacks, lunch, and more snacks it makes for a long, tiring, boring ride. The trip took about 8 hours but we reckon 3 could have been shaved if the driver didnt have such an affinty for taffy. After spending an uneventful night in Piura (also, a busy, dirty transport hub) we boarded another long distance bus to Trujillo. We spent two days in Trujillo because the only buses to Huarez were night buses...information that we didnt know until we went to the bus company. Three days
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