Blogs from Máncora, Piura, Peru, South America - page 8

So we spent 4 days in the beautiful, relaxed and super-bohemian 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 nightclub with boom boom boom coming through the walls until 1am and drunkards playing ping pong outside of our door until the small hours too. Although it would be a great place if you're wasted and can crash after partying all night, but I prefer somewhere a little quieter. Needless to say we moved on the very ... read more

Still in Peru at this stage (our final stop in fact before crossing the border to Ecuador). We had intended to spend a few days here enjoying the sunshine and beach and possibly even some surfing but Mancora hostels were fully booked and we struggled to find a room! In any event we did get to stay a couple of days and enjoyed lazying in hammocks, eating ice cream and paddling in the ocean :) More text in next weeks.... read more

Days 44 - 62: Copacabana (Bol), Puno (Per), Cusco (Per), Machu Picchu (Per), Arequipa (Per), Huacachina (Per), Lima (Per), Huanchaco (Per), Mancora (Per) Executive Summary Status: Alive and back at sea level Current location: Mancora, Peru Notable incidents: Dodging stone throwing road blockers, visiting some floating islands, “Sexywoman”, Jack’s pancakes, hat shopping, Inca ruins (lots!), Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Condors, dune buggying and sandboarding, erotic pots, missing a bus, finding the sun (eventually). Facial hair status: 2cm and decidedly bushy … until I trimmed it, and the rest of the hair on my head! Looking decidedly military at the moment! Full Report Jules: So, the last time we wrote, we were stuck in Copacabana cos some dudes in Peru were striking and constructing roadblocks -... read more

Well... It´s been a while since I last logged on to this blog and I was surprised to learn that I still actually have an account and that my profile hadn´t become obsolete! I just assumed that with the increasing preponderance of new online social networks, I´d have to subscribe to the latest electronic medium to share and document my travel experiences... But this makes it much easier. And obviously, please don´t feel obligated to read any of this stuff - it just helps me to keep an ongoing documentation of my travels and a good way to go back and appreciate the stories, anectdotes and overall experiences. So here I am, 3 1/2 years later, still as obsessed with traveling as ever, and though I can´t say that I know exactly where I belong, geographically ... read more

Mancora was a place that provoked thought. One night after returning from dinner and listening to the waves break on the beach I wrote this... The relics of time passed through the glimmer of a Star, glistening softly off the currents of time. An ocean is all the same as the tide comes in and retreats to safer grounds. In Mancora, can life continue to be this simple? The sand perfectly lines the feet from a soccer game played through a sunset. Passer-byers lend a foot as stray balls make there way to the ocean. What is a two week pay check? What is living off of mommies and daddies bank accounts? The night bus strikes pot holes consistently as it rumbles to a halt along a town only described in books. Need a taxi is ... read more