Saturday, 5 December 2009

Sun, sea, surf...

We arrived in Mancora and found ourselves in paradise. Finally hot weather and beach. Holiday time. I've been amazed by how diverse Peru is. It's sooooo dry and barren along the entire length of the coast, but along the rivers and canyons they somehow manage to cultivate the rocky land and grow everything they need. Then you have the cold mountains and the jungle. So many different ways of life, it's amazing.
So, we're staying at Kimba's Bungalows. Best place in town. Just off the beach, we can hear it. Kimba is a surf dude who spent loads of time in Bali, and now he's made this beautiful little resort style bungalow village :) There are horses on the beach, a million surfers, yummy sea food, we have a pool, smoothies for breakfast. It's good. It's good to just be in one place for a while after all the buses. I had a surf lesson yesterday, it was amazing. As I was out sitting on my board waiting for waves, fish are jumping around out of the water all around me, then BOOM! A huge pelican dive bombs into the water after the fish, right next to me...I almost fell off the board. Pelicans flapping around all over the place, looking for breakfast. I'm going back to the beach later with the zoomy zoomy lens to get some pics. The water is warm, no wetsuit required. Went out last night, I think there were more dogs on the beach than people...it's really quiet here. Kirsty is sleeping it off today...
Went for a mild jog along the beach this morning. After the Inca Trail hike, I decided that it was time I tried a little run. Felt ok, just my calves were screaming. I think the beach is a good place to re-start the running, low impact etc. pretty happy about it. As I was running, I ran straight into two washed up animals...not sure if they are big seals or what exactly, but they may have been caught up in fishing nets or something....big birds circling above, they looked as though they had been baking in the sun for a few days :(
Time to go and lie by the pool!
Tomorrow we pack up again and head to Ecuador, another long bus. We don't have time to see much, but we're going to go to Coca and do a 4 or 5 day jungle trip into the Amazon, before heading to Colombia.

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Isla McRae
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