From Piura we took an early morning bus to Máncora, a small beach town on the northern coast of Peru that reminded us of Newquay. We checked into a hostel on the beachfront and then made the arduous 15 yard trek to the beach where we bumped into the people we had met in Ecuador. The beach was incredible and the sea was really warm with some great surf as well so we spent plenty of time swimming in the 4 days we were there. Another highlight was finding a restaur...

From Cuenca we took a 6 hour bus to the city of Loja in southern Ecuador where we were transferring to an overnight bus into Peru. Unfortunately, it was during the waiting time between the two busses that Ashley had her handbag nicked. Thankfully nothing of vital importance was in it but there were some valuables stolen and we had a lot of trouble communicating with the police! We met a group of English people who went to great lengths to help us with the whole s...