On to Peru...first stop: Mancora!

We successfully crossed the Ecuador-Peru boarder at 3 am on a Saturday morning. After a hectic 5 am arrival in Mancora, a beach-party town on the northern Peruvian coast, we settled into our hostel The Point and rejoined some of our friends from Ecuador!

Mancora is a touristy, gringo beach town, so Jon and I had little desire to stay for long. Besides, this part of the coast was HOT and MUGGY. It was great to chill out for a few days beside pools, get in some beach walks, jump in the ocean and spend time with our friends before getting out to other adventures in Peru. We also had to get used to the new currency, soles, with a conversion rate of about 2.5 soles to US$1. Things are definitely cheaper here than Ecuador...but at first glance it doesnt seem that way with the higher numbers!

Jon was excited to find a cheap pair of flip flops and I bartered for a flowy sarong. We ate some cheap gringo street food since we had no kitchen at our hostel and joined in on a party at a hostel one night that was having a jungle theme. Jon spent the night painting peoples faces and arms for the jungle theme. He got quite good at painting tiger faces and serpent arms.

Not much more to say about Mancora, great stop if you love to party and hang out on the beach, but we had better places to be! Chachapoyas, here we come!

Jon´s face art on display at the Jungle party.

A dopleganger for Brynn, so funny!