Mancora Beach Bungalows Piura

... repaired- the one who hasn't been very "hands on" wanted to show me something when I wandered up to recovery this afternoon. She proudly showed me how she was using the syringe to feed her baby and has made a point to come outside and show us how she's holding her more. I don't know if she's just been so overwhelmed by all of this but it seems mother and baby are both much happier today!

Today was a day that I'll never forget. My first "patient" moment (involved a patient and much patience) was in the recovery area. Many of the children arrived back at Centro Pastoral from the hospital this morning with their families and I helped one signle mother carry her bag inside as she had her hands full with her baby. This mother was different in the sense that she was extremely emotionally disconnected from her baby and from what was ...

... sitting in my room right now with the breeze blowing through the screens and it's a beautiful night. We're about to head down to the CEO for dinner, I wonder what's on the menu tonight? Last night we had beets that were really good. It's not all rice!<br> Father Joe's camera battery is saying it is "exhausted" right now which I think is hilarious, I certainly know the feeling!<br><br>Hope all is well wherever you are, thanks for your thoughts and prayers for our team!

... one of the Peruvians, Richard, what we needed to do and from then on, without asking, became our personal guide. We stopped at a bridge on the Ecuadorian side, gave in our passports and the small stamped paper exit slips we were given as we entered Ecuador. They stamped our passports. We then walked cross the 50 metre bridge to Peru to one of only two buildings, a small building on the right hand side. There we filled in a very simple entry form, they stamped our passports and gave ...

2nd october 2009<br><br>Hostal Aruba, Piura, Peru (S/25)<br><br>Very hot<br><br>Sullana &#8211; Piura (40 kms)<br><br>We had a lie in today seeing as we were just popping down the road. About 15 kms out of Sullana I got a puncture, the first one in ages. The tiny piece of road on which we are supposed to cycle isn't very good here in Peru, and today I went straight over a load of glass. This usually happens when I'm tailing dave, (with a headwind it's the best ...

... and there was even a large brieze block appropriately placed for us to sit on. right next door to us was a large shrine to Garay lopez, who died 19th december 1998. Across the road was the start of the sugar cane plantation that would last for the next several kms. I love the idea of farming in the desert, very clever. Eventually, the sugar cane gave way to rice paddies, some more welcome greenery in a very dusty, brown world. rice paddies have a very distinctive smell ...

... suspense and a new low level of manners to the trip.<br><br>Highlight of the journey was our departure from the city of Manchan where we had stopped for a short toilet break. After 10 or so minutes the bus conductor deemed that time was up and even though one gentleman who was traveling with his wife and daughter was yet to return the bus began the final leg of its journey to Guayaquil.<br><br>Regardless of protestations ...

... are just great. I&#8217;d bring some home to share if customs wouldn&#8217;t arrest me on the spot for importing meat. <br> We came back to the hostel and found Andy listening to the BBC-English News! Eric and I hadn&#8217;t seen that in a while&#8230;not since our two-week tour in the states, twice in a hostel in Tokyo, and once in Beijing. We watched that until we fell asleep. It&#8217;s funny how you miss the little things.

A fairly lazy start to the day and a taxi ride in to town to get the 2pm bus up to Piura. Pretty much no one else on the bus which was pretty posh although the leather seats were a bit sweaty. In to Piura by 8.30, a quick taxi ride over to the Loja bus terminal to get on another bus but Helen wasnt feeling well again so we chose to buy tickets for the morning and have a nights rest. Found a nice enough little hostel around the corner and me and matt went out for a chinese for dinner.

... sand beach, a red sand beach, and the Cathedral rock formation, which lost its arch in an earthquake a couple years back. It's truly a beautiful little corner of Peru. That same (long) day we hopped a bus moving north, stopping briefly in Lima for a bowl of chicken soup and a bus transfer. After quite a comfortable overnight bus we arrived in Trujillo, a brightly painted colonial town ...