After a busy period of moving from place to place every few days, we decided it was about time we took a break to recharge our batteries. While it's incredibly rewarding, travelling can also be really hard work; early mornings, long, arduous bus journeys, dealing with illness, careful and thorough planning - all this takes its toll and so from time to time you just need relax. And what better way to do this than by finding a nice beach to lie on for a week or so? We decided to head for Mancora, a popular beach destination in the far north of Peru, near the border with Ecuador and most importantly, near to the equator. As we were well into April now, summer was a distant memory for the majority of South America but the
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