Blogs from Piura, Peru, South America - page 16

Salut à tous. J'ai commencé à écrire ce message hier matin, mais des incidents gastriques m'ont fait retraiter a l’hôtel ou j'ai agonisé pendant environ 12 heures. J'ai essayé de convaincre Marie-Claude de mettre fin à mes souffrances, mais sans succès. Après 12 heures de sommeil et 10 litres de Gatorade, je suis à peu prêt sur pieds. Lors de nos dernières aventures, nous étions à Cuenca. De là, nous avons pris un bus vers Loja, de loin le plus confortable jusqu’à présent. J'y ai d'ailleurs fini le Da Vinci Code! À Loja, nous avons tout de suite pris un minibus pour Vilcabamba, près (c'est relatif) de la frontière péruvienne. Vilcabamba est réputée être la ville la plus tranquille d’Équateur. C'est aussi l'endroit où les gens vivent les plus vieux au monde. Apparemment, la plupart des ... read more

When I sat in the bus terminal for three lonely hours waiting for my stinky, snoring filled and sweaty bus ride from Trujillo to Mancora in Peru to begin, it came to me that this indeed was the first time I was traveling all alone. This new awareness of my solo situation frightened me and thrilled me at the same time. When I arrived to Mancora I took a wasp looking ‘moto taxi’ that buzzed me directly through Sunday morning traffic to the Sol y Mar hostel without robbing me, (which I had anticipated happening after hearing dozens of stories of solo women travelers in Peru being mugged by taxistas). Although I was disappointed with the instant coffee and bad morning music (20 Fingers’ ‘I don’t want no short dick man’… come on now.), I was ... read more

11th July - 13th July Arrived 5am in the morning...straight to the hostel Sol y Mar! situated right on the beach, with its own pool, hammocks...it was a backpacker´s dream...i finally crashed! exhaustion from the previous days of tarvelling having caught up with me. When i finally woke up from my sleeping beauty routine, i headed straight to the beach...where sun and sand burnt my eyes! finally after 4 months of travelling, i hit a decent beach! God i miss the Australian beaches. Don´t get me wrong, it was a nice beach, but we do get spoilt in Australia! bought the tackiest possible towel, and just lay with my fellow backpackers and gloating in the soothing sun! finally attempted to start writing in my personal travel diary...some things just can´t be mentioned in a travel blog! ... read more

Distracted for 2 months by the vastness and beauty of the sights in South America, we've finally arrived at the beach to expose our lily white asses to the sun and start surfing. Mancora is a very laid back little surf-village near Ecuador, blessed with warm water and numerous good surf spots. We treated ourselves to a 9 bedded apartment overlooking the sea for the first few days but the cost of this shag pad and being woken by our gay landlord with his wrinkley lovers in the jacuzzi every morning forced us to review our options. We moved into a bamboo beach bungalow with some wild friends who taught us how to really party, hence the hours we were going to dedicate to surfing reduced significantly. Nevertheless we had some great surf condtions and met ... read more

I made my way from Costa Rica to Lima, Peru on wednesday. The flight was quick, like three hours. When I got to Peru I was picked up by a woman in her sixties. She took me to her house, gave me food, and let me take a nap. She was the aunt of one of my mom´s friends. We then took a car and drove around Lima. Its a huge place with lots of things going on. We went to a lookout point where you can see the entire city, the ocean, and the desolate desert that surrounds it. When we got back to her house we drank beer together. That was the first time I had ever gotten my fade on with a sixty year old woman in the southern hemisphere... boyee. Later that ... read more