Camping at Punta Sal

hey all!!

spent the last three nights camping at Punta Sal beach in Peru, it was a long journey from Cuenca, and stopping three times for immigration and customs!! Were happy to make it there! It was a beautiful setting, and we camped on the beach right next to the hostel which was handy for toilets!!

The first night was good craic, the hostel cooked us dinner which was absolutely delicious, and then we retired to beside the bonfire for the rest of the night. The next day we went into mancora, the nearest town, to hire surfboards. Matt and I were going to share one, and the rest of the group get lessons from an ex-pro surfer. But when we got to the beach there was about half a foot of surf so I didnt bother, just went for a swim instead!! I fought off some seaweed and got stalked by a school of fish. Then we went back to teh hostel and group B cooked up some very nice spag bol.

The next day was incredibly lazy, Adrian, Laura, Pedro and Wes went fishing at 6 in the morn, so the rest of us lazed around and wrote in our journals. After lunch a few of us went into the markets to have a look around and I got stuck in conversation from a guy from Ayacucho selling some crafts!! We ad a BBQ that night which was just incredible- fresh fish, steak, sausage, spuds, mushrooms, onions, salad, fruit salad... myum myum....

Yesterday we had another long travel to Huanchaco, close to Trujillo. We visited the Lambeyesque museum to see some excavated Sipan tombs from the Moche civilisation. Today we visited the Chan Chan mud city which was one huge palace among 10 from the Chimua culture. Then we went on to a temple of the sun and moon from the Moche culture again, and saw some gorgeus painted frescos that were still preserved.

Tomorrow is a free day and then onto Lima on Sunday!! Busy Busy!!

Chao,
Orla
xx

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