http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Tumbes/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru , Tumbes en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:32:59 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:32:59 UTC After out first night of bush camping with little to mention except the marsh mellows we had over the open fire we woke in the morning of the 18th November and headed to Punta Sal which was our honme for the next 3 nights and we were camping on the beach. After setting up our tents Stefano and myself headed into the water which was still kinda warm at 6pm and together with the rest of the group w http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Punta-Sal/blog-347308.html Hello from Peru YAY OBAMAOn Sunday we left the farm and Vilcabamba and took an 8 hour bus ride across the border and into Piura a city in Northern Peru. It is very nice to be on the road again and not have to deal with certain aspects of the farm such as tarantulas in the bathroom cooking for 12 people every night or waking up first to a rooster at 330 in the morning and then Tutt http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Tumbes/blog-342301.html Hola everyone Brian has been in Peru now for 3 weeks Although Irsquove been super busy with work since hersquos been here hersquos been keeping himself busy as hersquos beginning to write his 3rd paper for publication he just recently published two papers about his researchhellipGo Brian But on Sundays wersquove been able to explore the Tumbes area a bit. Because Irsquov http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Tumbes/blog-334420.html Pap.Pap.Paphelliphelliphellip.Pap. I looked down at my watch. It was almost 8am on Tuesday morning. I would have stopped as the shots sounded as if they came from just up the road but the gentlemen carrying my other bag was pressing forward focused on getting me through nomans land to the border control. He seemed unnerved. Three shots. Then a slight pause. It was that fourth shot that http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Tumbes/blog-327241.html Hello Everyone Sorry it's been awhile since I last posted life has been busy here. It has occurred to me that my entries are all full of the trips that I've taken. Just to make sure you know I am actually here in Peru not just playing but I post the things that I think are interesting. To give you an update on my project over the last two months I have spent all of my time writing an http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Tumbes/blog-323489.html Peru as it turns out has been quite a joy. When it came to it simple things like edible food and buses with springs inside the seats made life seem that little bit more comfortable. And rather excitingly we were within sniffing distance of the west coast after a thoroughly long and geographically schizophrenic haul across the middle of the continent. We'd been chilled to the bone sweated it o http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Tumbes/blog-318073.html Vrijdagavond zijn we in de taxi gesprongen richting Tumbes voor een weekendje zon zee strand en lekkere boef. Blijkbaar oefenen verkeersongevallen een ontzettend grote aantrekkingskracht op ons uit zoals vliegen op een versgedraaide drol want halverwege de weg waren we ei zo na op een motor geknald die dwars over de weg lag. Een volgeladen taxi had net een botsing gehad met een losgeslagen moto http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Tumbes/blog-311879.html Judging from their appearance and feel one would think that Panama hats are made of fabric. They're not. They are made of palm straw. From their geographical name one would think Panama hats originated in Panama. They didn't. They originated in Ecuador.Towards the end of the 19th century thousands of Ecuadorian men made their way North to find work on the Panama Canal. They arrived wearing thei http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Punta-Sal/blog-306179.html Von Huanchao aus fahren wir zur archelogischen Staette ChanChan. Dies war einst die groesste Lehmzielgelstadt Suedamerikas event. sogar der Welt und wurde um 1300 gebaut. 1460 eroberten die Inkas das ChimaReich. Die Stadt wurde jedoch erst durch die goldbesessenen Spanier zerstoert.Am Nachmittag gings dann weiter zu den Las Huacas del Sol y de la Luna Tempel der Sonne und des Mondes. Dies is http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Punta-Sal/blog-271574.html REUNION IN MANCORAMancora is located at the Pacific coastline of Peru and is renown for being one of the best surfing spots of Peru. We booked in to a very exotic cabaa for 3 nights. The swimming pool and delicious tropical fruit juices served at this place made it a fantastic hang outWe used facebook to get in touch with our Machu Picchu friends Debra Chris Ted and Paula. It turned out they w http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Tumbes/blog-265426.html Up we go again to Huaraz So onwards we drove from Lima and it was again another trip up to altitude to visit the city of Huaraz. The journey was pretty long and very bendy and unfortuantly it was raining and overcast so we didnt get to appreciate much of the views either. We eventually arrive in Huaraz however to another cute little hotel where we got divided into our rooms and I was with two ot http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Punta-Sal/blog-262995.html So after travelling for 6 months thru the caribbean we decided to check out the beaches on the north side of the coast of our own country. We were born here in Piura but never really lived there except for very often visits to our aunts and cousins during summers while growing up. We had a great time once we arrived to Punta Sal in Tumbes this beach is just a few minutes away from the famous M http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Punta-Sal/blog-262486.html Here is a quick update our once a month blog. Note these pictures are all of one town in Northern Ecuador not Peru. I really regret not bringing a laptop to deal with our hundreds of pictures. Pics of southern Ecuador and Peru next time I blog.We spent 2 months in Ecuador a very long time to spend in the smallest country in South America and we did not see a single volcano the Amazon or a http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/blog-259270.html We decided to treat ourselves to a beach holiday. The sun was shining the waves were crashing so what better time to try our hands at surfing. Nat was a pro catching every wave Sophie got as far as surfing on her knees and Aylish was back on the beach within 10 minutes after a row with her moody and inpatient instructor. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/blog-238551.html Up early this morning for Steve Ross and myself to go out on a fishing trip with one of the locals. The sea was so rough though that we all thought we might capsize at any time.Once we got further out though it calmed down and we got down to business. From memory I think Ross caught 3 big ones and a small one Steve caught 3 small ones and I caught just the one medium sized one. However I http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Punta-Sal/blog-220211.html Arrived at the Punta Sal beach resort yesterday at around 9 after suffering a puncture roughly 10 minutes after we left our hotel in Huanchaco. Our spare was also kaput after it blew on the drive to Lima which could have left us up shit creek were it not for another Dragoman truck which was following on behind.After a detour to a tyre yard we got back on the road after about 2 hours arriving http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Punta-Sal/blog-220210.html Its been an interesting week since Banos and if anyone noticed my facebook page I wrote that Matt is feeling pretty relaxed chilling out in Banos however banos means toilets in Spanish which is perhaps a bit too George Michael so I've quickly changed that.On our way to Cuenca we stopped off at Ingapirca the most important Inca site in Ecuador. It was pretty impressive and we had a wonde http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Punta-Sal/blog-219101.html Writing here from Tumbes in the very north of Peru a border city with Ecuador with real character and busy streets. Apparently getting robbed is a real possiblilty here although I have found the people here to be the most friendly in Peru so far Its kinda like being a minor celebrity everyone wants to talk to the gringo so its pretty fun. Were approaching the Peruvian Independence Day her http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/blog-181637.html On the way to Punta Sal we stopped at the Sapin museum. It contained all the artifacts found at an intact tomb. Grave robbers had already got to others in the same area. It was a fairly good museum in terms of content. Great pottery and gold and displays of how they were found in the grave but nothing in english and it was really dark which made us feel dizzy and headachy. Not that fantastic. W http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Punta-Sal/blog-175623.html Apologies currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and savepublish.There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored only small. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/blog-174828.html The long road northThe travel dossier entry makes it look so easy 'we drive north through the Sechura desert to the tiny beach resort of Punta Sal'. It doesn't say 'we will abuse the driver by forcing him to drive for nearly 14 hours with as few rest stops as possible give him almost no help when he has a flat ask him to turn the truck in an area that would be tight for anything bigger than a http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Tumbes/Punta-Sal/blog-12064.html