We made it back to Lima by around 12pm on Wednesday. The bus from Mancora had taken about 19 hours which was about an hour and a half quicker than travelling the other way - must have been downhill. We collected our bags and jumped in a taxi to our hostel. We told the driver the address and he nodded that he knew where it was and ushered us in. However, about 5 minutes into the journey, he asked to see the address again and as we stopped in traffic he wound h...

On Friday, we were to travel to Lima for a few days before we headed north to Mancora. The bus journey to Lima was to be 21 hours which doesn't particularly fill me with any excitement although I'm sure Beth's eyes light up at a long bus journey as this is the perfect opportunity for a lengthy sleeping session. We weren't leaving until 2 so we packed up all of our stuff, got some supplies for the journey and then checked out of our room. After getting to the d...