Mancora, Peru

I woke up this morning at 8:30 to go check on getting bus tickets Piura, which is a little city about 2.5 hours south of Mancora. The place wasnt open until 9, so I went back to my hostel, hostel Loci, which is by far the sweetest hostel i have stayed at yet. it was more of a resort for backpackers. A pool, open bar, sweet rooms, we spent most of our time at the pool instead of on the beach. This beach is smaller and not as nice as in Montanito. However, this morning, i got my free bread roll with jam and cup of tea and walked down to the beach. Early surfers were already out catching the waves. I sat for a while enjoying watching the waves come in, fish jumping out of the water, and seeing the locals setting up the tables and umbrellas at their beach front restaurants. As i walked back a table, a young kid pops his head out from under it and says ´hola´. Cute, I rely with ´hola, como estas´. He is ´bien´, good! cute. I sit there thinking how nice this is to take the time in the morning to relax and enjoy such a beautiful view. I could get used to this.
I went back to book a bus ticket and the earliest i could get was for noon. So as much as i wanted to go back to bed, i decided to grab my book and head back to the beach. One of the locals let me sit at a table for a while until another guy came up trying to charge me 10 soles. So i walked away. More people and surfers were appearing on the beach at this time as it was getting hotter. After about an hour, i went back to pack up my stuff, and to wake up Andrea. She is from VanCouver and is going with me today. I will finally be leaving the last of the irish guys and the Californian, i have been traveling with for the past couple of weeks. Kind of sad, but there is always a chance to meet up later down the line.
We got an aircondition minivan ride to Piura where we hoped to catch another bus to head further south to Trujillo. We just ended up missing the afternoon bus and would have to wait until 11pm to catch the next one, so we decided to catch the next bus to Chiclayo which is about half way to Trujillo. In a way, im glad that we missed the first bus, because there is alot to do around this little village. We arrived around 6:30pm, walked around a few blocks to find a hostel, then went out exploring for some food. I already like this town, he has people walking the streets to make a safer feel to it. After diner, we walked down to the city center where the park is still lit up with christmas decorations and lights. There is a huge church and a service was going on as we walked in. Just stood there long enough to look around, maybe say a few hail marys, then walked out.
Tomorrow we are going to check out a market where there are supposed to be shamanistic medicines available along with food, crafts, and whatever else. Then do a tour of Sipan which is a sacred burial sight discovered in 1987.
Probably spend 2 days here then head south toTrujillo where there are other interesting sites.