"Sunday night I was showing the Mostaceros the photos of our trip when Jim called down from upstairs, "The tickets say 9, not 9:30. We need to go!" We were packed except for the ver ..."
"This town gets such a bad rap, but is really nice, just chilling out before the journey through to Lima and beyond. There church is beautifully coloured in bright modern colours. T ..."
"I flew back to Guayaquil from the Galapagos Islands today. The 7 day boat trip was great. I will write much more about the trip in another entry that I hope to add in the next day ..."
"if you are crossing the peruvian/ecuadorian border, avoid tumbes if you can. if you canīt, take CIFA, an international bus company that makes the crossing much safer and simpler. w ..."
" Bleery eyed we got off the bus from Lima. We stumbled into a taxi with a very friendly taxi driver. Then a fat guy got in insisting he was a guide and w ..."
"Arrived in Tumbes after my flight was delayed about 1.5 hours in Lima for no real reason. I happened to walk by an airline office in Lima the day prior to my flight and thoug ..."
"Thurs 1st - Fri 2nd Feb. Didnīt make it here on time for a connecting bus over the boarder to Machilla, Ecuador (a direct bus over the boarder is the only way to go. Take separate ..."
"Wow - first the road was unpassable and now this! After the debacle of the border crossing in La Balsa we made our way to the coast to chill out for a while and research Ecuador fu ..."
"No bus till 1pm so stuck in Tumbes for 3 hours. It could be worse though, Tumbes is a nice colourfull town and SO different from Quito. I changed a little money, used the internet ..."
Tumbes, Peru
