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Piura Slideshow
Piura
Travel Blogs from Piura, Peru
The weather in: Piura 95, New York 30 ....
Well today we went to Paita which is a sea town west of Piura so we could enjoy the beaches throughout the area. We decided to go to ´´Asilla´´ ,this beach was incredible! to get there we took a Mototaxi through the dessert! that ride took about 20 ...
Day 29 Welcome to Peru
... like the rubbish is just dumped where ever and that is the smell. But lucky we went past here and finally arrived in Piura. Piura does not have much going for it, and it is hot. Looks like it is constructed loosely and the land of ...
A day at hospice
... like Anthony Bourdain I would be in heaven. Anthony, can I please be your second wife? I am still on the lookout for cuy, I cannot leave Peru without eating it. If you don't know what cuy is, shame on you - go look it up, that is was Google is for. Okay, ...
Take what you can, because you won't be here again
... and that was the song that came on when I started, so I felt it was appropriate to put it in. Especially for being here in Peru with this amazing experience, I definitely need to take from it what I can because I won't be here again. Today I went out on ...
Piura, northern Peru.
A long day today, across more desert and through a big town on the way (Chiclayo) which has it's navigation challenges. Presently in Piura, and not that far from the Ecuadorian border. Probably go as far as Tumbes tomorrow. and make the border crossing on ...
El Norte Peruano
A ver... Piura es la capital del departamento de Piura y también la primera ciudad construida por Francisco Pizarro en Septiembre de 1532, después de vencer al Imperio Inca. Se encuentra en medio del desierto Sechura, y para ser franca, no ...
Pizza Amore
... a bit. I have no clue of what I was dreaming about but it must have been pretty serious. I am glad that I can express my true sleeping side here in Peru for her, haha. Maybe she will even get to see some of my sleep walking before our trip is over. ...
Piura Pit Stop
... thoughout our trip (the front to seats of the bus on the opposite side to the bus driver). 8 hours to Piura on the bus and then we managed to get straight onto the overnight bus to Loja in Ecuador. The overnight bus we ...
He's baaaaaaack....
... . Dinner also consisted of Chinese take-out food. Of course one should expect to be eating Chinese take-out when they go Peru, no? Since it was a birthday celebration, there was also a small band for a fiesta... and a surprise appearance from the Sabado ...
day 86: peru
... my brains mixed up. We spent the day in Vilcabamba, went to Loja to take the 11pm bus and will only get to Piura tomorrow morning, meaning that I'm in Piura now, when I'm writing this yesterday's entry. Still I added the city, where I stayed yesterday as ...
A longer trip than we'd expected!
... we got a refund which covered our night at the hotel and an apology. So, the next day we were finally on our way to Piura. The journey was comfortable and took only six hours and we arrived at the Cruz de Sur terminal just as it was getting ...
Gobble Gobble
When I got up this morning I was treated to a french braiding by Kim. I can do it myself, but my arms get really tired by the second side and i have a hard time wrangling the baby hairs in the front to get it started. I probably haven't had my hair ...
A hairy moment on the mountain roads!
An early start as I needed to get the 7am bus from Loja, Ecuador across the border to Piura, Peru, eight hours in total including stops for breakfast, lunch, and the border crossing formalities. More amazing mountain scenery on this bus ride as ...
I like to make little kids cry...
... of the staff and supplies to make thank-you cards. I also picked up a few souvenirs while I was there. I was happy with my Piura purchases, but I hope to pick up some really cool things when I get to Lima and Cusco. The apparently have some really good ...
a long, boring tale of borders, buses, and monkeys
... to look at, but when I got there I found there wasn't even a river below them, just big, spotty puddles and litter. So Piura didn't leave much of an impression on me, but then it had been just a technicality in getting over the border. I caught a ...
Pékin Express (la finale)
... taxi, retirage de thunes, hôtels toujours trop chers, bus, plus de bus. De fil en aiguille je me retrouve à passé minuit à Piura, Pérou. J'arrête quelques moto-taxis pour leur demander où trouver un hôtel bon marché, je finis par monter dans l'un ...
Ummm....¿dónde me metí?
Piura fue una bobada. No hay nada que ver. Amigo viajero, si vas, por favor no pares ahi. Sigue ...
Market Fun
We only spent a few hours in Piura, a little town in the north of Peru, and our guidebook told us that the only thing to do there was to take a taxi to the next town over, Catacaos, where there was a big artisan market. So that´s exactly what we did. We ...
Made it to Peru
I made it across the border! Safe and sound. After getting to Piura, Peru and searching for a place to stay for over half an hour, I made it to a hostel. This place is not very nice and I am happy to be moving on tonight. I met a nice Colombian traveller ...
Oh, Hello Frankenstein
... just hooked up with the other partner. So, Jes and I were assigned to go to the emergency department. My worst clinical nightmare for Peru has come true - the ER on day one. However, having Jes as my partner made it a lot easier since she is quite fluent ...
El Dia de Independencia
... still a good experience and everyone has to have their first time sometime! I really feel lucky to be having this midwifery experience in Peru, it just solidifies my desire to enter into this profession. The midwife here is great and it's such an amazing ...
Inappropriate Senior Citizen Contact
Update: Sudafed was a wonder drug for me, I was not sick with the head cold for more than two days. I am back to normal, or at least as normal as I ever was. This morning Kim and I were sent of to work at the nursing home, which neither have us have been ...
Landamæraferðin: Ekvador – Perú
... á kennslu í því sporti í boði Evu sys. Í þennan litla bæ komumst við semsagt loksins eftir 18,5 klukkustundir í rútu auk 5 klukkustunda „millilendingar" í Piura. Hálf ógeðslegt ferðalag að baki en vei! Við erum komin til Perú!! ...
1st city stopover in PERU!
... in Peru, San Miguel de Piura, in July 1532. Piura declared its independence on 4 January 1821Like most of northern Peru, the territory of Piura has been inhabited by their autochthonous group of natives called tallanes and yungas. These lived without an ...
Rushing South
Just passing through at lightning speed...it is a very dusty place...We did eat some potatoes and chilly peanut sauce.....a traditional dish called Papa a la Huancaina. Not sure we´d go for it again....good to try it once ...
Mmmm, tastes like goat
... our first wipe is a good one. Gee, I would have never thought to properly wipe my own ass before being informed to do so in Peru... thank God I came here, I have been so clueless all this time! There is also a dog that lives in the parish, a boxer named ...
travel high
so wer arrived in piura early this morning and instead of staying there as planned (thank god ther ewas nothing there really) we went with some lovely engilsh people onward to to trujillo. we got there at like 3 and took another 20 minute taxi to our ...
On into Peru
... , with awful stench of rotting rubbish and raw sewage, was a world away from the picturesque delights of Vilcabamba. Even our arrival in Piura left us a little anxious, as we passed rown upon row of very basic housing on the run into the main part of ...