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Mancóra Take Two

Monday, October 1st, 2007

On my second day in Mancora I moved to the cheapest Lonely Planet recommended hostel. Not because I’m a cheap ass, but because I knew there would be lots of backpackers to follow around and try ot make conversation with. And I wasn`t disappointed. Backpackers are generally where the book says they´ll be.

I very nearly didn’t meet them. After check in, I was horrified to find there was a boy in my mixed dorm. I knew it was a mixed one but I still didn’t expect to be sharing with a boy so soon, this was my first night in a dorm, and they take a bit of getting used to (dorms not boys!). Myself and said ‘boy’, Leo, got off to a funny start when he walked in on me chopping up my Lonely Planet. I just didn’t see the point in carrying around pages about countries I’m not going to. Brazil is a lovely place but I didn´t break a sweat learning Spanish just to fly off there.
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Mancora: Surfer’s Paradise

Friday, September 21st, 2007

DSC03196.JPG Well Piura was such a dull place I don’t even feel like writing about it. So I don’t think I will. My happiest moment there was while looking for a bus a man came over and asked if I would like a space in a ‘collectivo’, a shared taxi. I looked at the rickety bus and the shiny silver taxi and decided to pay the extra €2. I was last in so got the booby seat, in between the driver and the guy sitting next to the driver. After hearing lots of horror stories I explained to the driver how holding onto my laptop bag was way more important than him being able to switch gears. We cruised off for two hours of stomach defining curves in the road. If I couldn’t keep myself upright I had the choice of leaning on the sweaty driver or the sweater passenger man.
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