Mancora is in very north Peru and is one of the best beaches and busiest beaches in Peru.We arrived at 6am and with no accommodation booked we got sucked into getting a random tuk tuk from there to a hostel of his. He tried to charge us 10 soles (AUS $3.60) for this 2 min ride later to find out that it should of only cost us 1 sole, we got away with only paying 5 soles still ripped off but at that time in the morning we didnt really care. The place was crap but c...

We got the day bus from Lima to Trujillo about 10 hours and the bus was amazing it was VIP better than Business Class in a plane. We got fed and there were amazing recliners. Straight away from Trujillo we got a taxi to Huanchaco which is a small fishing/surfing village about 12kms away.We just picked any hostel form the Lonley Planet and turned out to be a beauty. Only $40 soles a night for a great room with own bathroom. The owner is a very eccentric Scotsman. ...

Lima is the capital of Peru and really was just a big city. We kinda wasted a week there but it was nice knowing that we have plenty of time in Peru so we could just take our time.We checked out some markets on the 1st day which sold everything imaginabale but we were just looking for shoes for me as my trainers were screwed. It was very over whelming with about 100 shoe shops all selling the same stuff. Finally got a pair after 4 hours luckly Junior loves shoes ...