Good bye Peru!

Our last days in Peru had to do something with sun burns and lots of clouds. You guessed it! In 4 days we had only 3 hours of sun. We spent 2 of them on the beach and got serious sun burns. Rest of the time we spent complaining and trying to cure the damaged skin.

We went to Mancora after Trujillo and got there at 5 o'clock in the morning. The bus left us in front of a club full of drunk europeans. That is how we discovered Mancora was a village for europeans looking for exotic beaches and argentinians looking for some surfing places as their country is in winter season.

We camped in a Hostelling International hostel's yard and rushed to the beach. There we spent 2 hours in the sun.

As the sun decided to hide for the next 4 days, we continued our jurney the following day to Tumbes. There we realized that prices are starting to rise, I guess it was the sign we were getting closer to Ecuador.

Yesterday we took a tour in Perto Pizarro's reservation of 'mangalares'. A species of tree that grows in the shallow waters of the port or close to some small islands. In one of the islands we saw a big colony of 'tijeretas', black birds with red neck (males) that made funny noises and would fill their throat with air to atract females.
Next best thing about Tumbes is how it helped Borja realize his new calling is the fantastic world of the 'artesanos'. He decided to make a test so we bought some materials for a bracelet.

This morning, after spending the night camping on a beach in Zorritos, near a marine settlement, he completed his first work an decided it's not boring!! We will buy more prime materials, and will spend the rest of our lives travelling around the world with the money Borja will gain from selling his creations. He still has to work on the quality a little bit, as the first bracelet was almost destroyed after half an hour due to some blows while we were packing.

We now bought our tickets to our next destination, Guayaquil, Ecuador. As I said, do not expect us home this year. We are slowly converting ourselves in craftsmen. Want to buy some?