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Background: Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime. FUJIMORI won reelection to a third term in the spring of 2000, but international pressure and corruption scandals led to his ouster by Congress in November of that year. A caretaker government oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001, which ushered in Alejandro TOLEDO as the new head of government; his presidency has been hampered by allegations of corruption.




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5 days ago: Diveferfun published a blog
Chuchaki
November 17th 2009  South America » Peru » Piura » Máncora
Chuchaki is Ecuadorean for Hangover! I´m not feeling too great today. I woke up around 830, chugged some gatorade, had some water and then went back to sleep til about 11. I got up and went to the bea ... [full story]

7 days ago: Diveferfun published a blog
Back to Kiting
November 16th 2009  South America » Peru » Piura » Máncora
Woke up today around 930 and decided I needed some funds so I hit up the Bank and recieved some funds I was transfered...now I can sit pretty the rest of my time in Máncora! I went to pick up the C ... [full story]

8 days ago: Diveferfun published a blog
Feelin Good
November 15th 2009  South America » Peru » Piura » Máncora
Last night I hit the sack around 1030 and around 11 a live band started playing at one of the restaurants on the beach. I had my window open for some fresh breeze and it was pretty loud...but it was d ... [full story]

10 days ago: Diveferfun published a blog
La Koona es Muerte
November 14th 2009  South America » Peru » Piura » Máncora
Another early morning...time to see if I can get in some kitesurfing today. Rein promised to find stellar wind, so let´s see what happens. While waiting for him to show up, I grabbed breakfast at t ... [full story]

10 days ago: Diveferfun published a blog
Stuck in the Wrong Zone
November 13th 2009  South America » Peru » Piura » Máncora
I woke up today around 745am to head to Green Eggs and Ham for breakfast with Charlotte. We planned on kitesurfing today at 9. Breakfast was great! We arrived at the kitesurfing place around 9. Alex s ... [full story]

11 days ago: Diveferfun published a blog
Zip-lining and Hot Springs
November 12th 2009  South America » Peru » Piura » Máncora
Wow...went to bed last night around 4am and my body just decided to wake up around 10...I´m definitely feeling it today. After I woke up I headed to the bank to get some money. The MoneyGram was not w ... [full story]

11 days ago: Diveferfun published a blog
Kitesurfing 101
November 11th 2009  South America » Peru » Piura » Máncora
I was up at 830am to surf at 9am. We asked a few people last night when high tide was suppose to be and they said 9. I got dressed, threw on some sunscreen and headed to the canadian´s room to pick up ... [full story]

13 days ago: Diveferfun published a blog
The MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY!
November 10th 2009  South America » Peru » Piura » Máncora
I woke up around 9am from a car alarm going off and opened my window to see a bright blue sky, a blue-green ocean, and white sands. WOW, I´m already psyched we decided to head here a week early! I ... [full story]

14 days ago: Diveferfun published a blog
The Road to Máncora
November 10th 2009  South America » Peru » Piura » Máncora
We hopped off the bus in Tumbes around 4:30 and caught a tuk-tuk to the bus station where we could get a bus to Máncora. A tuk-tuk is part motorbike, part rick-shaw that was LOTS OF FUN! We made it to ... [full story]

Surfing in the Pacific
25 days ago: Petits Explorateurs published a blog
Surfing in the Pacific
October 7th 2009  South America » Peru » Piura » Máncora
Came the time to head to our next destination: Ecuador! Its capital, Quito (no need to blush we did not know either the name of the capital before this trip ;-)) is about 50 hours away by bus from Cu ... 20 photos [full story]


Máncora Blog Entries

Cusco
Sunset at Mancora
Sunset from Chicama
Gene picking up bottles
Fun times in the water...
Mancora
The End
A friendly neighbourhood pelican
Hostal La Posada in Mancora
Bustling Mancora high street!!
Sunset first day
Waiting for our Bikes
Waiting for our Bikes
Back To The Beach
sol y mar, yep.
finally sand and beach!

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