Today I had nothing really planned and wasn't sure if I would head North to Ecuador or South to Trujillo. As it was Sunday I thought it would be a good idea to checkout the local markets and my god what chaos, people, kids, chickens, cars - pushing, bumping yelling complete chaos but organized chaos. My aim was to find Raisens - usually an expensive treat in this country, after a bit of searching I found cheap Raisens and brought 1/4 kg only to 5 minutes later fi...

I managed to get a really good sleep and after getting up early I decided to go back to bed for a few hours. When I finally got up I headed straight into the city to use the Internet and try workout my next move. I am still tossing up whether to head back to Ecuador - preferably along the coast for some warmer weather or head to Huaraz a famous city in the North of Peru known for hiking, ice climbing and extreme sports. I found a few volunteer opportunities in Hu...

I actually managed to sleep ok and thankfully I had a small bag of oats that did me nicely for breakfast. However there was no power in the hostel in the morning which was a pain so I decided to sleep a bit more before going for a wonder. There is a surf competition on here today which is a Junior Pro so the best junior pro surfers in the world battling it out - I went and watched for about an hour but the wind was too annoying and was getting covered in sand. I ...