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Hotel Esmeralda Piura

Av. Loreto 235 Piura, Peru

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Day 86: peru

A travel blog entry by ursburs

... about oranges and islands and an almost-tear in my eyes, the security man let me back out. I got them, but to get back to the bus departure area, one has to pay 10 centavos... I had nothing but 1lucky Sucres (the old currency) from yesterday's snake-man. My security guy let me back in, Syl almost got in trouble with the bus-security for dealing with me through a crack in the window, but I got the coin, went to pay, was refused, ran back ...

A longer trip than we'd expected!

A travel blog entry by wreckedagain2

... when we found the place locked up and a security guard who wasn't the least bit interested in the fact that we had a ticket for a bus in an hours time and wouldn't let us in. We hung around for ten minutes and were getting more annoyed and concerned as no other passengers were around. I tried to tell the guard that we had a ticket and after he had a quick look he told us 'manana'! Again I pointed to the 00.30am time but he ignored me and it was only after ...

Piura, a Second Chance and Cruz del Swell

A travel blog entry by everywhere

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... chance and headed out, in a secure taxi......I wanted to walk but the Guesthouse...no no no.....so yet another hand picked taxi and I was soon sweating in the center of town. It actually was quite lovely. I headed to the tourist info office on the square and it was obvious they don't get many. More gazing at me then helping at first. The lucky guy who got me was flanked by the rest of the ladies in ...

Is That My Reflection in the Sand?

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... but three and six bums – not fun over 8 hours……and I know this to be true.



Off we went – pulled out on time at 7 am headed for Peru. Funny though, the people on the bus didn’t look like international travellers. Why? Because this freakin bus was just a bus that was going to the border but before it got there, it was going to stop in every town and pick up and drop off every ...

Van Ecuador naar Peru...

A travel blog entry by lotenfie

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Van Loja naar Piura..

In Loja zelf hebben we niet echt veel bezocht, we wandelden er enkel wat rond en maakten wat fotootjes. Loja beschouwden we als een laatste stoppunt voor we de 9-uur durende busrit naar Peru ondernamen. We redden over de bekende 'Pan-American Highway' en hoewel je overal leuke tafereeltjes ziet kon je moeilijk over het vuilnis heen kijken. Verder was het harstikke warm (ongeveer ...