Los Corales Mancora

... salsa for anyone drunk enough to attempt dancing in the sand. <br><br>Travellers and rastas sit in the shade of the palm trees and off dusty back paths selling an array of necklaces, and bracelets crafted from leather and shells, making enough money to pay for the weed they smoke in the evenings. Old rasta men sit and grin with one eye open, and friendy smiles greet you at every corner.Life is definitely a beach.<br><br>We spent our days intermingled ...

... cerviche for lunch, which is raw fish (well any sea food but I only like the fish one), marinated in lemon and onion. My parents arent going to believe that old Dario eats stuff like that now after never eating fish at home. But tough times call for tough measures! Its pretty bloody nice too. I think there is only one thing now I would complain about if you dished it up to me at home, and thats cornbeef. That stuff is rancid! Give me raw fish or a soup ...

26th September 2009<br>la Posada, Mancora, Peru<br>Hot and windy<br>yesterday Tumbes - Mancora (105 kms) with a headwind!<br><br>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 rode by the sea for a while, passing small resorts that this time of year are completely deserted. By the time we needed to eat we discovered that 'blobs' on the map in Peru don't mean the same as 'blobs' on the map ...

... My mom would have been horrified by what happened next. We began approaching an islan that had hundreds of birds circling overhead. As we got closer it was clear that the entire island had a bird on almost every avaliable branch. I mean the trees looked white with bird poop and you could have reached out at any time and grabbed a handful of feathers. It was quite the sight, especially since we got to see frigate birds, which are one of the special birds to ...

... at a mexican restaurant that was entirely outdoors except for the kitchen and the bathroom. Grabbed a few beers and it was off to the room for the rest of the evening. What a day, and what a night everyone was feeling the mexican food. <br><br>With Kristen not feeling well and Ben and I feeling restless we set off to have some fun with just the boys. We headed back to the restaurant and I was introduced to my first well made and very tasty ...

... pretty off and there was now even 3 ATMs and loads of hostels and restaurants with eally cheap lunches (1 pound) and drink specials everywhere. <br><br>We just hung out on the beach fo two days and then took the overnight bus across the border to Guayaquil. <br><br><br><br><br><br>PS: Sorry, still no pics from Machu Picchu... Lost the usb plug for the camera and the one we borrowed didnt fit :( So will have to wait till we next burn pics - 60 left<br>

... its so common and gets so annoying-fair enough we have alot of money compared to them but at the same time we are their main income and its sickening to see so manmy tourists being ripped off.<br>Our 2nd bus came and it was another 5 hours before we reached our destination of Cuenca. The bus ride was horrible-it was no top class bus, we were the only gringos on it, the bus driver was absolutely crazy-we honestly tuaght we would crash. He was bombing it and passing so many cars. The ...

... nino several years ago so there isnt a lot of sand to lay around on, it´s really weird. apparently the waves over the past couple days are HUGE and theres a lot of surfing action going on as such. the tide comes in so hard that i would not be surprised if the whole beachfront was eaten up over the next 10 years. <br>anyhow ...

... I was stoked to say the least! After 3 days of great surfing i decided to head back to mancora to finish up my trip! I hope you all enjoyed my blog. I know my grammar is completely foul and my spelling horrible but i have a feeling you've been able to look past that! I will probably send out one more email with my final thoughts of peru when i get home but this is my final email while here. Thanks for reading!

... no Ecuadorian stamp in your passport, he demands a $100 fine for each tourist and the driver $300. The driver then takes you to dodgy part of town and demands $300 to cover their fine - if you don't pay things can get very nasty. The police on the border are as corrupt as hell and both Ecuadorian and Peruvian policemen benefit from the rewards it reaps. We were lucky, when we asked the driver to stop he did. We had to ask 3 times for him ...