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Mancora Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Mancora, Peru
Surf Dudes with Attitude
... The downside was it practically put me to sleep; we hit the beach bars for just a couple of beers before heading home. Mancora nightlife doesn’t seem to get going at all outside of Loki anyway!! Ciaran has come down with a bug… ...
The Peruvian Pipeline
... Maria, and headed north to the Peruvian beach ´Resort´ of Mancora. The journey took 26 hours and 4 separate buses. I arrived in Mancora in a terrible state, exhausted from too many buses and way too much fried food and crashed and didn't move out of my ...
At last some sun!! Mancora Peru
... Inca trail and were up early enough on Sunday to get 2 flights in the one day. Our next destination was northern Peru to a beach resort town called Mancora, which is about 2 hours from the Peru-Equador border. From Cusco this was a long long way by bus. ...
Beach, surf and the sun
We took a cheap (and apparently the only) bus company to Mancora - El Dorado. The bus started yesterday night at 9:00pm with about 40minutes delay. Although we had Economico seats and the roads were bumpy in parts we could sleep very well. The sleep was ...
The Little Things, Part III
... reason. 3) The Peruvian breakfast does not appear to include the tradition of using plates. Every hostel we have been at in Peru has provided a basic breakfast (included in the price) of a couple of rolls with butter and jam, tea or coffee and juice. ...
Little Beach Action
... to Lima for his flight back to the UK, Jack decided to head into Ecuador, Max and Charlie were going to chill out in Mancora for another week before heading into Ecuador. Burls and I decided to bypass Guayaquil since we should have been there 4 days ...
Mancora....the party beach town!
... sand and a party going on in this town….the downfall was that they needed garbage cans put out or more people cleaning the beaches!! We really enjoyed Mancora alot...Vic didn't want to leave, but I promised him that we were heading to another ...
Life´s a Be-ach!
We have finally made it to a beach, and it´s great. Mancora is a great little surfing town the tourism Peru sent us to because we are Aussies. It´s the kind of town that makes you realise yet again that although Australia has the best beaches in the ...
Sun, surf and a very loud children's fairground
... plenty of culture and history in the last few days we decided to take advantage of the fact that we were approaching one of Peru's favourite beach resorts. We booked an overnight bus and the owner of the hostel offered to meet us from the bus, even ...
Mancora - endlich am Meer
... guten Geburtstag! Gut eigentlich ein bisschen langweilig, weil wir 9h Bus gefahren sind, aber OK! Dafuer sind wir jetzt endlich in Peru, und am Meer! Sand, Strand, Sonne, Wellen, Drinks, nette Leute..... Der letzte Eintrag kam ja noch von Baños. Wie ...
Sun, Sea, Sand and Strikes
... at least 20 others plus baggage. An hour and a half, and one extremely dead leg later, we eventually arrived in Mancora. A small collection of bars, restaurants and hostels along a short stretch of the Pan American highway, Mancora is only 10 or so ...
Surf town minus surf minus party
... more than bearable. I did take the time to vist Los Organos too which is a ten minute bus ride from Mancora. This place has a nicer beach and a great selection on beach front hotels. Having said that the main town looks like ...
Three weeks of heaven
... up off the beach and make our way south. To be fair I didn´t want to leave either but there´s more to Peru than Mancora.......or so we told ourselves. Also my jeans were getting a bit tight. Without a doubt Mancora was the best and ...
Sun and Sea
... perfecte plaats om enkele verloren kilos terug te winnen en écht te genieten! Next on the agenda, ‘Mancora’, dé badplaats van Peru die net zoals ‘Huanchaco’ gelegen is in het noordwesten van het land aan de Pacifische ...
Surf, sand, and a whole lot of sun!
... the waves crashing against the shore at night (when we didn´t have earplugs in to block out the sound of a nearby club that is ;) Mancora was a great place to celebrate my birthday - the big 28! We had a nice breakfast, spent the day at the beach, ...
Mancora
After leaving Cuenca in Ecuador we thought we´d break up the journey and stop over in Mancora. This sleepy coastal town is a favourite for surfers and although pretty nondescript we enjoyed lounging on the beach, swmming with the fishes and eating some ...
We've found the sun, at last!
26th September 2009 la Posada, Mancora, Peru Hot and windy yesterday Tumbes - Mancora (105 kms) with a headwind! As we left Tumbes we were back to rice paddies either side of the road, that eventually gave way to scrubland, and finally desert. We ...
Sun, sea, sand.....and cerviche
... to hang around for the sun to come up and for the hostels to open before finding a nice one on the beach and getting some sleep. Mancora is know for having sun 365 days of the year so we thought it would be a nice place to do nothing for a day or ...
Mancora, notes for the traveller
... the option. By the way, Mancora gets packed during the holidays so don't rely on finding something on the spot. Restaurants in Mancora offer a wide variety of cuisines (and prices). I found a place on the main street that offered a 3 course meal for ...
Surfing in Mancora
... hotel. Long story short...we checked in our hotel then immediately checked right back out. We then boarded a collectivo for Mancora. Anyway, the weather here is absolutley beautiful. The surfing is also great with waves pushing waist to just above ...
Down time in Mancora and adios Peru!
... backs, stomach bugs and colds) had got a bit much now so we were really looking forward to lazing a few days away in Mancora. Basically we planned a hectic schedule which involved hanging around the beach, lying in hammocks, sleeping late, ice cold beers, ...
Mancora is by the sea, right?
... that involved a very bumpy dusty track and seriously hazardous-looking cliff edges... I have a vague recollection of arriving in Mancora and thinking I was in Thailand due to the tuk tuks lined up to take us from the bus to the hotel. I ...
Adios Ecuador, bienvida Peru
... pour le prix je lui est fait m amener au bancomat pour avoir plus de sols (monnaie peruvienne).. ne sachant pas si y a des banques a Mancora... bon du coup on a pas fini pote et j ai mal commence pour un premie contact avec les peruviens.. en plus il ...
Escape From Ecuador!!!
... was like God drew a big line on his creation and made one side green and the other brown. Peru has been fun so far. We are enjoying ourselves at this fantastic little beach town called Mancora. I'll keep you posted with more adventures as they come ...
Beer, beach and BBQ
Having had a few city days it is time to leave Ecuador and head for the beach in northern Peru. The after a long drive day we arrived at the border late but everything went smoothly and we were soon on our way to Punta Sal. On arrival we had ...
Urlaub am Strand
... nach funktionieren Kreditkartenauthorisierungen online und nicht asynchron, schon ueberhaupt im Web! :-o. (In Peru ist offensichtlich alles ein bissi anders!). MANCORA: Ein kleines Nest, ehemaliges/immernoch Fischerdorf, hauptsaechlich auf ...
Bordering on the Ridiculous!
... we hit the gringo trail in Cusco. After 2 days it was time to move on - we had seen enough of Mancora and enough of Peru in general. After the great time we had in Bolivia, we both felt that Peru was full of conmen and rip off merchants. ...
Catching the Surf in Mancora
This post is an amalgamation of 3 days that we spent on the beach resort town of Mancora in Peru. It was our first stop in the new country after a long bus ride and a surprisingly easy border crossing. Peru itself is very dry and dusty compared to the ...