Blogs from Piura, Peru, South America - page 15

I dive under the surface, feeling the cool water flow across my closed eyes. The beach is crowded, as Mancora often is, but I have found a quiter place where I have space to relax in the waves. I keep track of my bags, as I´ve left them alone on the sand, away from the crowds and opportunistic eyes. There are a few people about so I don´t think it strange to see two young men approaching. We introduce ourselves and struggle through a Spanish conversation. I´m still mindful of my bags on the sand and keep an eye on them between the pounding of the waves. The two guys, around 18 years old and I agree to meet later for a drink. We say goodbye and they jog off down the beach. I wade about ... read more

When i arrived back in Mancora with Jimmy and Alex, i was keen to start enjoying simple luxuries that were not available during our time roughing it. Lobitos had been cheap living, so i figured i would treat myself for a few days. I thought about asking Jimmy if he wanted to share a room to try and keep the cost down a bit. However, knowing Jimmy was still suffering with the same severe case of bum gravy i had the pleasure of experiencing during my time sharing a room while Pete suffered with the same problem in Lobitos. (I will leave the full story for pete to tell, but lets just say that after listening to the noise and choking on the smell of petes anal explosions, i wasn´t keen to repeat the experience with ... read more

Crossing over the boarder into Peru turned out to be quite straight forward. We were both a little apprehensive crossing a border by bus, but apart from one slight panic when we thought the bus had driven off without us, it was ok. I also nearly took my head off on some barbed wire, placed conviniently at head height just outside the toilets at border control. I was looking down trying to button up my flys and walked straight into it. There were a few people around that saw, so i was doing my best to try and act as if nothing had happened. I managed to casually stroll back to where pete was stood in the queue before i had to give the old noggin a bit of a rub to check all was good. ... read more

Lima jai toissapaivana taakse, kun hypattiin bussiin ja matkustettiin tanne pohjoiseen. Huonosti bussissa nukutun yon, polyisten teiden ja bussinvaihtojen jalkeen oli taivaallista saapua rannalle missa voi uida. (Olihan Limassa biitseja, mutta suurkaupungin edusta ei ole mitenkaan paras paikka pulahtaa aaltoihin) Heti kun saatiin kipattua tavarat huoneeseen, vaihdettiin uikkareihin ja kirmattiin rantaan polskimaan. Vesi on lamminta, joskaan ei ehka ihan niin lamminta kuin Atlantin vesi ja ainakin parina paivana aallot on olleet pienempia kuin pohjoisrannikolla. Ehka Tyyni Valtameri tosiaan on nimensa veroinen :) Toistaiseksi ollaan tyydytty polskimaan rantavedessa mahdollisten pohjavirtausten pelossa, mutta vahan mieli tekisi uida kauemmaksikin. Tuolla vastarannalla on kuulemma tosi hyva kiinalainen ravintola, missa voitaisiin kayda joskus lounaalla :) Tanaan toteutettiin molempien pi... read more

Hello everyone, Sorry it has been a while since I last updated my blog. I have been busier than I imagined. I had 2 brand new blogs about Baños and The Jungle all written with pictures and everything but unfortunately, I misplaced the MP3 player that I had it stored on. I was going to update today but instead I have this. I might have to re-write everything unless I can magically recover it off of the laptop (which is unlikely). I´m in Peru right now and don´t really like the vibe. I want to see some Incan and Mayan ruins, along with Macchu Picchu and move on to Chile as soon as possible. Email me anytime you like, I love hearing from friends and family members and I´ll respond as quickly as I can. I´ll ... read more