Saturday 12 May 2012

Day 53 - Mancora, Peru (10 May 2012)


Day 53 – Mancora, Peru (10 May 2012)
We arrived in Mancora just before 10am, well ahead of the scheduled time of 11am which was fantastic! Gave us abit more time to explore the place.  The bus ride was surprisingly good.  I got a pretty good nights sleep in my semi cama seat, probably the best sleep I have had on a bus on this trip so far so I was feeling pretty happy.  When we got off the bus we were hounded by about 10 guys trying to give us a ride on their ‘tuk tuk’ taxis, and trying to sell us their hostel.  We jumped into a tuk tuk, first time for me in Peru, and were taken to a hostel that was going to cost us 30 soles.  Well that was what we were told.  When we got to the hostel it was suddenly 30 soles each, and then when we said we were only going to stay for one night, it was suddenly 60 soles each.  We said no and demanded we were taken to a cheap hostel.  We are idiots, we should know by now about these fellas, we just need to say no at the bus station, and when we say no we have to be forceful! Oh well, lesson learnt.  The next hostel we go to is 20 soles each, so total of 40 soles.  We get a room with two double beds and our own bathroom.  As we walk into the room we can see why it was so cheap.  Concrete floors, terrible beds, and the bathroom is not much either.  Oh well, it was a good place to store our gear and sleep for the night, we didn’t plan on spending too much time at this hostel.  We are all settled in and have changed into summer clothes as it is very hot here.  We decide to explore the town.  There are a few market shops all along the main street and down a side street so we go into these.  During out shopping Ann buys a singlet top and I buy a ‘Jake the mus’ singlet.  K and N would be very proud.  During this shopping expedition, we have a break for lunch.  We just needed to get some energy as the sun and the heat was zapping it from us!  We also booked some bus tickets for tomorrow, where we will be leaving Peru and heading to a city called Guayaquil (pronounced why-a-kill) in Ecuador.  Once we have finished looking at the town (very small place, about the size of Punikaiki) we head down to the beach and lye in the sand and swim all afternoon, it is fantastic!!! The beach is warm, the sand is beautiful, the water is warm and there are bars and restaurants on the beach front waiting for us when we are finished.  About 5pm we head to a pub and sit outside and have a couple of beers and wait for the sun to set.  After this we head out for dinner and then back to the hostel for a good nights kip.

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