Blogs from Piura, Peru, South America - page 2

Hola! Me revoilà avec un nouveau blog et pas des moindres! Bientôt dix jours que je suis à Mancora, petite ville du nord du Pérou, station balnéaire à la frontière de l'équateur. La ville est bizarrement conçue, c'est en fait une longue avenue, jonchée de part et d'autre de commerces, de bars, et de restaurants. Des "motos-taxis" sillonnent l'avenue en permanence, ils sont peu chers et très pratiques, car entre l'avenue et les plages il faut souvent traverser les habitations locales, très précaires et où les routes sont de simples chemins de terre bosselés. Ici, il fait entre 27 et 30° tous les jours, bien que se ne soit encore que le printemps. J'ai passé ces dix jours dans une auberge de jeunesse. A défaut de confort, l'auberge m'offre un cadre fantastique comme vous pouvez le ... read more

Wednesday 12thFebruary (Odyssey Day 96) We left the camp at 0830 this morning, which seemed rather leisurely to us. Camp included breakfast, but their definition of breakfast seemed to be just some bread. We even had to get our own butter from the truck. A bit odd really but we get used to the fact that our idea of a good breakfast may be different to other peoples. Though truthfully we are also a lot less fussy these days. We made a stop at the nearby town of Lambayeque. Simon and Emma needed to do a shop, and the bar definitely needed stocking up. So Simon parked the truck at the Royal Tombs of Sipán museum. Just five of us decided to go in to the museum while we were there, Kelly, Toby, Joanna, Ann and ... read more

After a whole month in Salta I finally had all of my replacement credit cards and was ready to continue travelling. As I had been delayed for so long it meant that I needed to do a massive trip from northern Argentina to northern Peru in one hit to be able to meet up with James in time for Easter in Mancora. I set off at 7am with the plan to cross the border and be in Calama, Chile in time for the last bus to Arica. I had left a four hour gap to allow for delays. Unluckily for me, each of the border crossings took a lot longer than expected and we pulled into town half an hour before the last bus, which would usually be fine expect it turned out that my bus ... read more

Hola mis amigos, eigentlich mag ich jetzt gar ned viel schreiben, aber ich bin doch hinten nach mit meinem Blog. Daher werde ich mich eher kurz halten und mit Details sparen. Denn Details gab es auch in Mancora genug. Nach der sentimentalen Verabschiedung meiner Gastfamilie meines 2 woechigen Huanchaco-Aufenthalts hat es mich gleich in das naechste peruanische Surfmeca - genannt Mancora - verschlagen. Ich bekam das Taxi von Huanchaco nach Trujillo etwas billiger, da der Taxler ein Freund von John ist. In Trujillo nahm ich den Nachtbus EL DORADO. Nach dem Check In am Busterminal und dem Aufladen meines Gepaecks wollte ich die mir zugeteilte Sitznummer beziehen. Am Nachmittag wurde mir beim Ticketverkauf ein CAMA-Sitz versprochen. Da es aber letztendlich SEMI-CAMA war hatte ich es geschafft mich auf spanisch beim Ticketschalter aufzuregen. Doch nicht mal eine ... read more

We left Cusco for Arequipa, Peru's 'White City' and a place that contained something that elicited more excitement in Andrew than Macchu Pichu, the Salt Flats or Lake Titicaca - a food court containing a McDonalds, a Burger King AND a KFC. We spent a few days there doing little other than watching the England v Sweden game and visiting 'Juanita', a fascinatingly well preserved girl who was sacrificed by Incas on a mountain near to the city and then kept in pefect condition by the ice. She is now on display in a freezer within a small museum - creepy. We left in the middle of the night for a two day hiking trip to the Colca Canyon, known for being nearly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon and a great place to spot ... read more