Blogs from Piura, Peru, South America - page 6

Time for some warmer weather and the beaches. We high-tailed it from the Andes, via a 7 hr stop in Lima to Trujillo, Peru. After arriving at 6am in the morning we decided to split a cab with a yound American fellow to the beachside town of Huanchaco. Cabbie picked a great hotel for us (balcony, big room, cable TV) and we negotiated price down to 30Soles ($11AUD) a night, given we would stay for a few nights. Bargain. Huanchaco is a Peruvian holiday spot and is well know for its good surf and caballitos de torta (Reed boats). Being the off season it was quiet. Surprisingly quiet actually. Which was good for us. Although most restaurants were closed so finding eating and drinking spots wasnt that easy. There were plenty of hippies selling there wares ... read more

Hola mis amigos! From Huanchaco, which I was sad to leave behind, we headed further up the coast to Máncora, a little surfing party town close to the border with Ecuador. We took an overnight bus there, which would have been fine had it not been for the grade A snorer sitting behind me on the bus. Still, it is far nicer travelling on those long buses with friends than on your own, so I would rather be on the bus with some travel buddies and The Snore King than by myself on a peaceful one! We arrived early in the morning, hopped into a couple of mototaxis (like a motorised rickshaw) which took us to a few, equally bad, B&Bs. One advertised an "open water feature" which was essentially a stagnant pool right outside the ... read more

I arrived in Mancora at 9.15am on Tuesday 9 February after my 27 hour journey from Nazca. The hotel that I reserved would not allow me to check in early so I walked around and found a decent room somewhere else for a fifth of the price. It was only 20 seconds from the beach and I could check in straight away and have a shower. Then I went for a walk along the beach and headed back to my room along the main road. The afternoon was spent in my room watching football and then on the roof terrace of the hotel reading my book and catching some very strong sun (even at 6pm). After a shower I went for a nice steak dinner and a cool refreshing beer before retiring to my room for ... read more

17.01.2010 18:15 Peru. Ich fuehle mich ein wenig wie ein Stueck Treibgut, das hier in Máncora von der Wucht der Wellen an den Strand geworfen wurde. Ich vermisse das mir so vertraut gewordene Ecuador, das ich letzte Nacht verlassen habe. Nach zwei weitgehend schlaflosen Naechten - einer in einem extrem lauten Hostel in Loja und einer weiteren im Nachtbus - sowie 26 Stunden Busfahrt waehrend der vergangenen drei Tage, kam ich heute auf dem Zahnfleisch hier an. Dank meiner Uebermuedung liess ich mich in dem erstbesten Hotel mit unfreundlichen Rezeptionisten nieder, das trotz Hochsaison ein Bett fuer mich frei hatte, zu einem Preis, den ich bei wachem Geiste niemals akzeptiert haette. Máncora: das Surfer-Paradies mit tollem Strand, wie mir zuvor von mehreren Leuten erzaehlt wurde, und laut Reisefuehrer ein Ort, der sich trotz in- und auslaendischem ... read more

Dec 21 - Peru - Puira - Beach Life - Well its official - we have now been to possible one of the most remote beaches I have ever been to. The girls were itching to see the sun so we embarked on an adventure to make it from Puira on a local bus to Puerta which is kinda a shanty town (dodge/sad) and then in a combino taxi to the beach (20min drive). Not speaking very much spanish we made it. - The taxi was accross a desert / rubbish land fill haha and then down through some pretty amazing cliff type roads to the beach. Really remote and really hot. Alice has officially industrial strength skin to cope with the sun. Dani and I have more ´home brand´ type skin haha - Lobster anyone. ... read more