We Arrived in Chiclayo after a relatively short journey from Mancora and quickly settled in to our hostel. In fact our hostel was more of a hotel which is in itself a bit of an exaggeration. For the first time at a hostel I was completely unable to communicate so I had to go through a third party who was a random man on the end of a phone line. Just to explain the difficulty, I am use to paying for hotels by the room, whereas in South America they are use to ch...

Our journey across the border from Ecuador in to Peru was relatively straight forward; the only thing we had to contend with was the tedium of hours on a bus. We managed to make it to Mancora just as sunset was upon us. Mancora is a small town in northern Peru on the Pacific coast with a fairly relaxed atmosphere and a picturesque beach. On arrival we checked out a few accommodation options and finally settled on a real gem which had a swimming pool and was onl...