http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru , Piura en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:28:29 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:28:29 +0000 Dec 20 Puira Having a look around So we made it from our 11 hour bus ride overnight across the Peru border and down off the Andes Mountains to Puira. Before I say anything else may I just comment on the funniest story ever......ALICE NEWDICK HALF ASLEEP GETTING OFF BUS TO CROSS BORDER INTO PERU WANDERS THROUGH SEMI DARKNESS TO GET PASSPORT STAMPED. EYEPATCH STILL IN CHECK ON FOREHEAD SHE http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/Piura/blog-462281.html Enfin nous voila arriva la mer Bon c'est vrai Mancora n'est pas exactement le genre de village typique des bords de mer mais au moins il fait soleil toute l'anne. Beaucoup de touristes de Lima viennent y passer les weekends et comme on est arriv un samedi ca promettait d'etre bond. En effet on a eu du mal a trouver un hotel. Par contre il y avait des lections ce week end la et la vente http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-458935.html Oh how we love Mancora. We love you so much that when we went 2 hours too far on our bus and arrived in Tumbes we spent 20 EACH on the taxi ride back to your sandy shores. Ouch. But spending a few days lazing about in a little beach town was worth it. Although if Oliver has to compare and contrast another tortuga keychain I think he'll go crazy. As the weekend approaches more and more well dr http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-456571.html What a beautiful last day I checked out of my room at 11 and dropped my stuff behind the front desk of the hostel. After I grabbed lunch from the birdhouse the bacon turkey guacamole sandwich with potato salad...Im kinda getting bored with American food After lunch I laid out on the beach for a couple hours until it was kitesurfing time. Around 2 I met up with Rein and he gave me a kite ha http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-454422.html Chuchaki is Ecuadorean for Hangover Im 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 beach to get some sun...its sooo hot here. I grabbed lunch at the Birdhouse NC bbq and potatoe salad...very good. After lunch I headed to the beach. I was sweating my but off. I waited around til 2 the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-454020.html 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 MncoraI went to pick up the Canadians around 1130 the plan was to visit the local market...Raya needed a bra and everyone could get super cheap stuff there. Braeden had a terrible night...hes still sick...so we decided to skip the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-453769.html 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 decent latin music so I managed to sleep on and off until 4am when they called it quits.I woke up around 1030 feeling pretty good...a lot better than I thought I would. I went and knocked on the Candia http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-453497.html Another early morning...time to see if I can get in some kitesurfing today. Rein promised to find stellar wind so lets see what happens.While waiting for him to show up I grabbed breakfast at the bird house...eggs bacon homefries and tea. After breakfast I met up with him and he said the wind here was slow today but we could go to Los Orgenos or Cabo Blanquil to kite. The waves were pretty b http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-453240.html 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 showed up around 910 one of the employees and Rein showed up around 930. The waves were way too large to get out so Rein cancelled the lessons for this morning...so instead of kitesurfing the two of http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-453227.html Wow...went to bed last night around 4am and my body just decided to wake up around 10...Im definitely feeling it today. After I woke up I headed to the bank to get some money. The MoneyGram was not working yesterday when I went so today hopefully I can finally have some cash in my pocket and not rely on the Candians to fund my extracurricular activities On my way to the bank I stopped at a stree http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-452969.html 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 canadians room to pick up Braden. He was still sleeping so he changed and headed out with me. We rented some boards from Rubens place where we had breakfast yesterday. The Peruvian guy speaks spanish french and english pr http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-452513.html I woke up around 9am from a car alarm going off and opened my window to see a bright blue sky a bluegreen ocean and white sands. WOW Im already psyched we decided to head here a week earlyI walked into town to trade my american dollars for Peruvian Sols at the local bank since I was tired of running a tab with Braden. I found la Banco Nacional and got a 2.84 exchange rate. I was headed back http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-452305.html We hopped off the bus in Tumbes around 430 and caught a tuktuk to the bus station where we could get a bus to Mncora. A tuktuk is part motorbike part rickshaw that was LOTS OF FUN We made it to the bus station just in time and were able to hop on the 5pm bus to Mncora. It was a dirty smelly bus but our only mode of transportation to our Shangrila on the beach I popped open the window and http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-452299.html Jaja der Simon ist nach Ecuator ins schoene Peru gereist. Zuerst nach Mankora da hab ich ein paar meiner ersten schoenen sauberen Wellen gesurft und dann nach Lobitos ins Los Muelles Surf Camp. Die besten Wellen Perus leider ohne Swell. Das heisst nicht wirlich viele und nicht grosse Wellen. Ich hab ab trotzdem viel Spass gehabt und viel gelernt. War genial. So in einer Welle zu surfen ist t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/Piura/blog-450027.html achso... neue Fotos aufhttpwww.facebook.comalbum.phpaid2026010id1461556997l1c668a7e4e http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/Piura/blog-446511.html The VIP section of the bus to Mancora was sold out so we had to make do with 2nd class which is still luxurious. We arrived in Mancora in the morning and after haggling with a tuk tuk driver we settled on staying at Kon Tiki Bungalows a little bit of luxury to end my trip. They are set slightly above the town and he soon realised his tuk tuk couldn't make the journey so we had to walk.It was http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-446446.html 19.10.20091050Piura cerca de la Plaza de Armas en una cafetera tomando un caf con leche Lactosetabletten machen's moeglich...Meine zeitliche Orientierung laesst langsam nach. Um herauszufinden welcher Tag aktuell ist muss ich fragen oder eine Tageszeitung kaufen letzteres tu ich ohnehin moeglichst taeglich um mein armseliges Spanisch zu trainieren und um etwas tiefer einzutauchen in d http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/Piura/blog-446179.html The trip to Peru yesterday was long and boring although the border crossing wasn't as bad as we had been anticipating. There was a 5hour bus to the Ecuadorian Immingration office then a short bus to the border which exists in the middle of the border town Huaquillas. We opted to get a private minivan for 4 each to get us to Mancora in 2.5 hours half the time that the other option of 3 buse http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-443103.html So we spent 4 days in the beautiful relaxed and superbohemian beachside town of Mancora. It was our first stop in Peru after spending a gruelling entire day on a bus to cross the border. We arrived late at night and racked up to a not so great hostal called Hostel Sol y Mar. The guidebooks rate it as value for money and a good place to stay. I disagree. It sounded like we were right next to a ni http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-441276.html The sound of the ocean thundering against the shore was the wake up call for this particular morning. It was also the sound that lulled us to sleep the night before. The beach is relatively steep here at Mancora so the sea is never far away.Swimming in the sea is just great here too as the temperature is quite high due to the currents in the area. Swimming with you are a variety of local sea http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-439991.html