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Mancora, Peru, (051)-73-258427
Adios Ecuador, beinvenidos Peru! We managed to avoid any dramas at the Ecuador-Peru border and thankfully we decided to splash out on a good bus company who allow you to stay on board through the immigration process. The border town was craziness but very interesting when you are viewing it from the top deck of the bus. We arrived in Mancora around 8pm - a long travel day after leaving Montanita at 5am. We didnt change much money at the border because they rip you off and as such, our accomod...
Mancora, Peru bilingaAs anticipated, I had a successful beach visit to close out my trip. I spent 7 days in Mancora, Peru, which is very close to the border with Ecuador and a world-known (which I did not really know before) for surfing & kite surfing. The morning waves tend to be good for surfing & then when the afternoon winds pick up, the kite surfers all come out. I took very few pictures, because my days sort of looked like this ---- go to yoga at beautiful resort on the beach with all glass facing ...
Mancora, Peru kmgroenEarly start. We made our way via taxi to the Ruta Orenses bus terminal. The guy at our hostel was really good at organising a taxi for us and confirming the price beforehand. The 4 hour trip to Machala (Ecuador) cost us $5 USD. After getting the tickets, Taj went and found brekkie. After a short wait, we jumped on the bus. The journey was pretty uneventful, although we had started to prepare ourselves psychologically for the border crossing! Once arriving in Machala, we went in search of some...
Mancora, Peru livtajimWe woke up to a scorching hot day on the beach - yeah! We hada nice brekkie at the restaurant next door - Green Eggs and Ham. Nice! (thanks for the tip Jay). Time for relaxin' on da beach.... Sun lounger, great book... life is good. After a morning in the sun, we had sushi for lunch and fresh fish for dinner. We then discovered a great beer. Large bottles of Cuzqueña for 5 soles which is about $2. We then went to a bar (naturally) where we met Carlos and had some more beers. We moved on anoth...
Mancora, Peru livtajimAfter our stressful border crossing we needed to time to relax and restore our faith in humanity and Mancora was a perfect little place to do this. Within the first few kilometres after leaving Tumbes we started noticing a drastic change in the landscape. The lush green mountainous environment had changed to a dry, hilly and dusty landscape covered in patches of scrub brush. Mancora is a popular holiday destination for Peruvians and foreigners alike and has a few dozen hotels and hostels dott...
Mancora, Peru vine_hooligansWe decided to spend our last few days on the beach in Northern Peru - what a wise decision. The weather was beautiful, no cloud in the sky and we just hung out all day long, read our books, tried some of the retsaurants we didnt go to last time we were there.. It was the perfect way to end the trip!
Mancora, Peru jeffandlisa... iznos novaca i nista drugo. ne mogu vjerovati da je mjesto tako malo, a da se osjecam tako nesigurno ovdje. nema sanse da bih izasla van na ulicu sama haha<br><br><br>U petak navecer isli van, tj. pili u hostelu na baru jer je bio happy hour. presmijesno. popila pivo, dvije rum cole i dva shota i sve sto mogu reci je da se nisam mogla popeti uz stepenice bez tude pomoci te ostali detalji definitivno nisu za siru javnost :D :D :D<br>
Mancora, Peru malvada... ventured out of the grounds to the rest of the town. <br>In reality the hostel was pretty cool, there was a pool and meals served, a pool table and it was right on the beach. We had to wait a while till our room was ready but we chatted with an Argentinean guy who was volunteering there, like Remi in Quito. <br><br>We went for a walk down the beach to get something to eat, it was similar to Mexico with the mud buildings and walls of different colours giving it a festive ...
Máncora, Piura, Peru shanemilli... uz tma kdyz jsme dorazili a tak koupani nechame na rano a jde se na veceri. Cerstve ryby jsou ve vsech resturacich. Bohuzel ne vsechno musi klapat a tak i my jsme narazili na nas prvni problem. V Ecuadoru se platilo dolary a tak jsme nemuseli resit vymenu penez ale tady v Peru uz je jina mena a tak bylo treba vymenit penize. Bohuzel byl vecer a banka byla zavrena a tak se zdalo ze nejlepsi bude pouzit bankomat. To jsme jeste netusili ze nam bankomat penize neda a ze vecere ...
Mancora, Peru martin-gabriela... the artesanal miners situation, basically the Peruvian government wants to ban illegal miners who dont work in proper mines, obviously these guys are upset at the prospect of the lost of their livelihood. Eventually at around 4.30pm , we were told to go back to our vehicles, and after only another 1 hour and a half, we were on our way back on the road. Thankfully we had not folowed the wishes of some of our fellow coach passengers who wanted to ...
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