We leave Mancora Beach today for Huanchaco, early rise as have a long way to go, up at 4.30am for 5.30am departure, everybody is ready and waiting and there is no sign of our guide Carla, we give it some time and discussion before knocking on her door, she is still asleep as her mobile phone alarm didn't go off so she says, maybe it had something to do with the late night she had with Gemma and Julia (3.30am) and many cocktails. Julia is a little worse for wear actually a lot worse oh dear too much to drink and is very nauseous and looking for a paper bag, I am pleased I didn't stay last night as it is a very long day on a bus when you are hungover, Gemma comes bounding out full of beans as usual which oh to be young again. We finally get going a half hour late Carla organising tuk tuks to pick us up to take us to catch the first of two buses this one will take us 31/2 hrs to Piura. We have to catch 6.30am bus as we have missed the 6am one. Carla kindly gets some medication from chemist for Julia and she sleeps most of the way. Arrive Piura 10am and change buses for Chiclayo which will take another 3 hours, more sleep for Julia. Arrive Chiclayo 1.30pm leave our luggage at Tucan travel office and take a guided tour of museum tumbas reales Lord of Sipan - a museum that is full of gold Incan artifacts which none of us are really enthused about but certainly change our ideas once inside, very interesting, well organised, informative and amazing relics in perfect condition and some very well restored, we are more than impressed. We finally get to have lunch at 4.30pm at an American restaurant in town at Carla's suggestion as they can do a quick service and will have us back on the bus by 6pm for our night's stay at Huanchaco another 4 hours away. We are on the road an hour when we come to a traffic hold-up where we sit and wait for another hour before we find out that the bridge is down and there is no way we are going anywhere tonight so the bus driver has no option but to take us back to Chiclayo for the night where Carla is ringing ahead trying to arrange some accommodation for us. We arrive back and have to wait in our mini bus which has collected us for what seems like forever waiting on Carla to get our accommodation organised at the Tucan office. Meanwhile Gemma as usual keeps us entertained with her very witty English banter. We finally get into our rooms at 8pm, I have my own room tonight which seems strange now after sharing . Carla suggests we go for a walk and get dinner at 9pm which I decline as not very hungry after late lunch so I have a leisurely shower and decide to go to the internet cafe opposite our hostel to send some emails home and also go to nearby bakery to get something for breakfast on bus tomorrow as we will be leaving early as we now have an extra 4 hours travelling tomorrow.
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