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As Todd mention, we left Ecuador after the Riobamba bust. Now, we are in Peru. To be specific, on the beach in Huanchaco. It only took 4buses and about 28hrs. We powered through and made it hear late afternoon the day before yesterday. We seemed to catch each connection just perfectly. Meaning, we had just enough time to stretch, pee, and grab a bite to eat before heading to the next point. We managed to eat some good street vendor food. Between the breakfast of a shredded chicken sandwich on a roll with super sugary coffee and the lunch of tamales, choclos(fried corn), and the olive stuffed fried potato we ate pretty well. I apparently sleep well when full of super greasy food. Around hour 22 Todd lost it and started playing cards by himself. And I must add, was very proud when he won. Entertaining stuff!

The scenery was incredibly different from Ecuador and Columbia. Immediately, flat, coastal, and desert. There were mountains that would randomly appear on the horizon and then disappear again. It reminded me of Etosha, Namibia except there wern´t even trees on the horizon. Very pretty in an unconventional manner.  Also, within this dessert landscape the people managed to cultivate the land with corn and bananas.  Good god, I have never seen so many banana plants in my entire life.  Makes sense if Trujillo is the banana capital of the world.

We chose Huanchaco because it is a beach town. Well, it is winter here in Peru, so the beach is rather chilly at night. But the sunny days are great. There are very few tourists here, which is actually quit nice.

The nicest part though, is staying put for 4days. No busses, no packing, just relaxing. We have been moving so fast through S.America this is a much needed reprive.