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OK so Ecuador is done and dusted and it was a hell of a three weeks with more ups and downs than Debbie does Doncaster (The Deluxe Double D Edition). I´ll do a separate entry for some of the things I´ve missed out previously, but for now, safely over the border in Peru, I thought I´d write about the splendid buses we´ve been leaping on and off for the last three weeks. And so I give you:   The 10 Commandments of Bus Travel in Ecuador: 1. Thou shalt have lot...

In our infinite wisdom and to save time, we decided to catch the overnight bus for the border crossing to Peru. We left Vilcabamba at 8:00pm bound for Loja (still in Ecuador) and the start of our International bus ride. I cant remember the exact price but it was around $US8...all long distance buses in Ecuador roughly work out to be $US1 for every hour of travel. Not bad. The trip was an epic 8 hr haul (well epic for a couple of little Tasmanians but is really the norm ove...

I know a lot about Piura because my dad if from there and also because i lived over there because of my dentistry career!!If u are going to Piura, dont stay at Piura city..or just do it one day...then go to Colan beach! or Mancora beach!!Mancora has nice hotels..goooddd seafood and lots of bars! u will want to be layed down on the beach the hole time! and if u like waves and surf! u will have lots of company! there are a lot of brazilians over there..also from USA and Europe...and when is win...

Hello all,After my overnight cross-border bus, I slept until about 2pm.  Not knowing anything about Piura, I asked at the desk what there was to see.  I walked the eight blocks into the central city to check out the Parque Central.  Like most Latin American towns there was a great, mellow vibe to the park, and a scenic church on the square as well.I walked over to the Plaza del Sol mall, and went to the Chinese restaurant in the food court and enjoyed a nice cheap meal.  I...

We stayed in a hostal close to the Bus terminal since we had to catch a bus at 7am. Got up at 6am, onto the bus and arrived in Piura at around 3pm. Not much time to do anything other than look for the next bus to take. Coming from Lima we were on a TEPSA bus with Presidential Service which was pretty good actually but it was only semi-cama and I wanted something busscama this time. We found Flores Buses which at the same price as TEPSA (70 soles) gave us a 1st level cama seat. Each row is ...

Quick stop in Piura before having to continue onward . . . Fortunately we managed to catch a ride as far as here. We took a quick break for lunch, and then were back on our way. Well, so we thought!! When we got to an area where we thought would be a good place to continue hitchhiking, we stopped and started trying to get a ride. To our surprise, a trucker pulled up shortly after, but . . . ready for this?! These Peruvians who were standing near us nabbed our ride!! The nerve of them! I wa...

My second home

Hi all My name is Mark Robertson, 27 years old from Wellington, New Zealand. I'm off to Bogota, Colombia on 4 March 2008 from Auckland New Zealand, via Buenos Aires. Spending 1 month in Colombia attending a Colombian friend's wedding before backpacking my way from Colombia to Argentina, via Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia over the following 5 months.

Went to Piura, Peru on a misson trip. Then on to Lima, Cuzco, and Machu Picchu. Wonderful time, great food, and even better people.

On leaving Cuenca, we had some serious travelling to do, starting with a 5 hour journey from Cuenca to Loja shortly followed by my first overnight bus ride (for another 8 hours) from Loja, going over the border into Peru to Piura.  Journey pretty uneventful although with a local tradition to pay 10 cents to get out of the bus stations, my coin jammed prompting me to whack the machine and make a 20 cent profit as a load of change fell out - much to the consternation of the ticket off...