Mancora Tierra de Amor

Oof what a packed weekend! After having a fun reunion night with my good friend Simon, my brother and I woke up at 530 am and packed for our trip to the beach. At six oclock my friends Ian and Eduardo showed up at my house and we all left for the Eppo bus terminal. As usual we chose the cheapest possible bus and found ourselves cramped in tiny seats for a long five hour drive, but it was so worth it. We arrived around noon dying of hunger, so we quickly got our rooms at the Arena blanca hotel and went to eat at the restaraunt across the street. We spent the rest of the day playing around in the waves, checking out the local shops, and having intense feusball tournaments. Our hotel had a super old rickety feusball table that was extremely fun to play on.

Later in the afternoon (la tarde) we rested and watched a movie in order to be completely awake for the night ahead. It turned out to be a bittersweet night to say the least haha. To begin with we stumbled into some very bad luck when my computer slipped out of my backpack and went tomahawking down a flight of stairs. I sadly announce the death of my beloved Toshiba laptop ;(  After that the night started getting fun as we had a wonderful dinner and did some dancing on the beach. Unfortunately we stubled into some VERY bad luck as we were getting ready to go out to the clubs. My brother slipped in the shower and hit his head very hard, he started bleeding everywhere and I thought he was going to need stiches. Luckily after cleaning it off well we saw that it was just a big scrape and nothing to worry about (head wounds bleed quite a bit so they can be deceiving) still it was a hard hit to te head so it was decided the best for him would be to stay away from drinking and partying and go to bed early. The three of us that were left went out to the bars and had fun but we didnt stay out very late as we were worried for Gabo.

The next morning before heading out to the beach we went to the medico to get him checked out. They assured us that it was a small cut and that hed be fine as long as he keeps it clean. Feeling better about the situation we headed out to the beach for a long and awesome day of body surfing. Around six we saw my friend Simon as he had brought his family to the beach as well. We started the nights partying by me teaching the group how to play the classic game "Kings Cup." (with fruit juice only of course!!) Everyone liked it a lot and we headed out to the bars for an awesome final night. The next morning we boarded the bus around 8 am and slept the whole way back to Piura. Overall it was a very fun weekend!! I am now staying in Piura for the week as my brother and I prep for our cross-country trip. Stay tuned!!