February 15, 15
This last week has been amazing! A couple of friends and I went to Mancora, Peru. It is where the northern beaches are. They are beautiful! I highly recommend it for people who are visiting Peru. We stayed in a bungalow and had a perfect view of the beach. The bungalow was small but perfect for us. There was a hammock outside which has great! Every morning I went out for a run along the beach. Afterwards I made breakfast and lay on the hammock reading a book and my bible. Then I would just lie there for an hour or so and fall asleep. This mini vacation was amazing and so relaxing! The first day we got there we went grocery shopping and I made pasta for the girls. The next day (Sunday) was a relaxation day to just enjoy the resort. We watched a movie later that night. On Monday we decided to take a tour bus and they took us to Tumbes, Peru. We went to a beautiful beach (Punta Sal) where I enjoyed the large waves. Then we went to a mud bath and then to a warm beach! We then went to the Manglares, where we saw trees that grow in water. The water was a mixture of the river and the ocean! Lastly, we saw crocodiles. The next day was a relaxing day and we went out to eat at night. That’s when I met Oscar, he is a great guy and tried selling us some tours but we decided not to go. The girls got their hair done that day. Wednesday some of us went to Ecuador and it was such a fun adventure! The borderline was filled with little shops! We went to a town two hours from the boarder line got on a boat that took us to a beautiful beach. The sand was different at this beach! We headed back to the boarder and hung around there for a bit before heading back to Peru. Once we arrived at Mancora we ate sushi! The best sushi I’ve had! I wanted to get my hair braided but the guy was not there. On Thursday we went to buy groceries again and then went out to eat at a different restaurant. I don’t remember what restaurants we ate those particular days, but all I can say is they were all amazing! This day was the day I got my hair braided! We became good friends with Christian (the guy to braided our hair) he is from Colombia. He invited us to go swimming with the turtles for free; well kind of we just paid for gas. Anna and I took the offer. Later that night we went out to eat and then had desert at a live jazz performance. It was a girl signing and a guy playing the guitar. It was great! Friday we went to swim with turtles!! It was great! Later that night we hung out with the guy who did our braids and his friends. We then went to a discotheque! The next day we packed and headed home. Mancora was an adventure, and I was not ready to head back. It is hard to describe every little detail and activities that we did. However the memories will always be held in my heart. I was never bored there. We always did something and the mornings were very relaxing, soothing and incredible. I also feel like the group that went was a great group. We all worked well together, trusted each other. At first I thought spending a whole week at the beach house would get boring. However, you don’t get bored it is almost like a medicine. Ways to get away from the world and enjoy your company, no Internet, no people nothing. At least that is what my mornings consisted of. The evenings were filled with enjoyment and a lot of fun! I will never forget this experience; I met a lot of new friends. I was saw some living conditions of a few friends, for example some lived in tents. That is how some people traveled. Overall, one of the best experiences so far being here in Peru.
This last week has been amazing! A couple of friends and I went to Mancora, Peru. It is where the northern beaches are. They are beautiful! I highly recommend it for people who are visiting Peru. We stayed in a bungalow and had a perfect view of the beach. The bungalow was small but perfect for us. There was a hammock outside which has great! Every morning I went out for a run along the beach. Afterwards I made breakfast and lay on the hammock reading a book and my bible. Then I would just lie there for an hour or so and fall asleep. This mini vacation was amazing and so relaxing! The first day we got there we went grocery shopping and I made pasta for the girls. The next day (Sunday) was a relaxation day to just enjoy the resort. We watched a movie later that night. On Monday we decided to take a tour bus and they took us to Tumbes, Peru. We went to a beautiful beach (Punta Sal) where I enjoyed the large waves. Then we went to a mud bath and then to a warm beach! We then went to the Manglares, where we saw trees that grow in water. The water was a mixture of the river and the ocean! Lastly, we saw crocodiles. The next day was a relaxing day and we went out to eat at night. That’s when I met Oscar, he is a great guy and tried selling us some tours but we decided not to go. The girls got their hair done that day. Wednesday some of us went to Ecuador and it was such a fun adventure! The borderline was filled with little shops! We went to a town two hours from the boarder line got on a boat that took us to a beautiful beach. The sand was different at this beach! We headed back to the boarder and hung around there for a bit before heading back to Peru. Once we arrived at Mancora we ate sushi! The best sushi I’ve had! I wanted to get my hair braided but the guy was not there. On Thursday we went to buy groceries again and then went out to eat at a different restaurant. I don’t remember what restaurants we ate those particular days, but all I can say is they were all amazing! This day was the day I got my hair braided! We became good friends with Christian (the guy to braided our hair) he is from Colombia. He invited us to go swimming with the turtles for free; well kind of we just paid for gas. Anna and I took the offer. Later that night we went out to eat and then had desert at a live jazz performance. It was a girl signing and a guy playing the guitar. It was great! Friday we went to swim with turtles!! It was great! Later that night we hung out with the guy who did our braids and his friends. We then went to a discotheque! The next day we packed and headed home. Mancora was an adventure, and I was not ready to head back. It is hard to describe every little detail and activities that we did. However the memories will always be held in my heart. I was never bored there. We always did something and the mornings were very relaxing, soothing and incredible. I also feel like the group that went was a great group. We all worked well together, trusted each other. At first I thought spending a whole week at the beach house would get boring. However, you don’t get bored it is almost like a medicine. Ways to get away from the world and enjoy your company, no Internet, no people nothing. At least that is what my mornings consisted of. The evenings were filled with enjoyment and a lot of fun! I will never forget this experience; I met a lot of new friends. I was saw some living conditions of a few friends, for example some lived in tents. That is how some people traveled. Overall, one of the best experiences so far being here in Peru.