Papa, I may have to fire you as my tour guide ...

I feel much better today but boy what a strange city Chiclayo is. So much for being the "Capital of friendship" and "Pearl of the North". People are not helpful and very strange. The only people who are very friendly and don´t hit on you are the police officers and security officers. I may have been hit on a million times today by oh so attractive and young men! They think it may work to stick their heads out the window and shout with their beautifully broken spanish accent ´Hrello hrello!´ It is quite hilarious!
So yes Papa, I may fire you as my tour guide if you keep getting this information wrong.. you have a few more days to prove yourself... X

So first things first, the bus journey from Loja, Ecuador to Piura, Peru, was absolutely awful. It was so hot and the bus driver only put the air conditioning on after 5 hours and it wasn´t even cold air! I was so uncomfortable and felt just awful. We left Loja at 7am and arrived at the Ecuador-Peru boarder at about 1pm. It was very confusing as no one told us what we had to do, so we followed the people who got off the bus and walked over to what looked like the immigration office, with a very angry looking officer. And to our horror the bus drove off accross the boarder but a very friendly nun reassured us, it would wait in Peru. Ai Ai Ai Carambas! So we filled in an immigration form and then walked accross the boarder which is the Río Macará. Once in Peru we had to fill in another immigration form in one office and then get it stamped in another office and then we were on our way. We arrived in Piura around 4pm and were approched by a very strange man saying he was a taxi driver but we politely declined his offer and walked off. We found a cash point and our next bus terminal and were on our way to Chiclayo! We arrived here around 8pm and got a taxi to the hostal which was in my guide book, Katuwira Lodge, which is discribed as a ´mystical beachside bamboo hangout´ where ´pyramid-shaped bungalows have sea views´. The taxi driver thought it was hilarious that we want to go to this place as there is apparently not much to do in this area, but he drove us there and we drove around for ages trying to find it. After asking about 10 people who all said it was a dangerous place, we found it in the middle of the beach, about 200 metres from anything. By this time I was very angry because I was very tired and the taxi driver kept laughing at us and I couldn´t understand what he was saying! We kindly asked him to take us back to town where we could find another hostal. He took us to Hospedaje Oasis which is absolutely awful but it offered a good night sleep, so I wont complain. Ai Ai Ai Carambas!
This morning we woke up and went to the Witch Market which sells dried herbs, claws, hooves, lucky charms and other weird things. It was quite scary because the Witch´s  Market was in the centre of the main market and covered so it felt like it was a tiny city within a city and the sellers were all like ´Hrello!´, shaking our hands and showing us what they had to sell. I think they may have never seen white people here too!
We made it out of there alive with some pretty cool pictures and bought some fruit for breakfast. Then we went to a small cafe and had yogurt and cereal with a syrup which tasted very much like Soy Sauce. We were very confused! Ai Ai Ai Carambas!
Then we decided to go to the beach as the weather is amazing. So we got a minibus to Pimentel (where stupid Katuwira Lodge is) and walked over to the beach and all of a sudden everything was foggy and cold. We looked back at the street and everything was sunny and hot! We were very confused! Again! Apparently, it´s because of the tsunami! Quite impressive. I will try to upload a video on this 1990´s style computer if it lets me!
So we walked around for about 30 minutes taking in the scenery and made our way back to Chiclayo where I am talking to you now. I need to look up our hostal online before I leave because we are a little bit lost and don´t remember where it is! And I should also leave before I kill one of these kids that won´t stop shouting!
Tonight we are taking the night bus to Lima, which includes reclining seats, dinner and breakfast! Luxury!!


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J´hésite beaucoup á écrire en francais parce que personne ne met des commentaires!!!!!!!! Allez allez allez!! Freychet, Bessoud, Bansac, Chabane! Je vous attends avec impatience!!

Alors aujourd´hui, je me sens beaucoup mieux qu´hier! Le trajet de Loja, Ecuador á Piura, Pérou était horrible. Il faisait une chaleur et le conducteur n´a que mi l´air conditionné apres 5 heures de route et l´air n´était meme pas froide! On a pris le bus a 7 heures du matin et on a passé la frontiere a 13h. Il a fallu descendre du bus pour remplir une fiche d´immigration. Et oh malheur! On voit le bus partir!! Ai Ai Ai Carambas! Mais une gentille bonne soeur nous a rassuré que le bus nous attendrait au Pérou. Donc on a traversé la frontiere a pied, le Río Macará, une fois au Pérou, il a fallu remplir une autre fiche d´immigration et ensuite, on a retrouvé notre bus et on était en route pour Piura. On est arrivée vers 16h et on a pris un autre bus pour Chiclayo qui selon Papa est la ville de l´amitié! Hmm.. pas sure que je suis d´accord. Les gens ne sont pas tres serviables pensent que s´ils te disent ´Hrello! Hrello!´ dans leur bel accent anglais, on serait interessée! Les seules personnes utiles sont les policiers, ce qui est rassurant! On est arrivée a Chiclayo vers 20h et on a pris un taxi pour Katuwira Lodge au bord de la plage, décrit comme paradisiaque dans mon bouquin, mais apparement cést super dangeureux, surtout la nuit, donc on est reparti en ville, oú on a pris un hostal pourri! Mais qui fait l´affaire pour une nuit.
Ce matin, on est parti au marché des sorcieres, oú on s´est, a nouveau, faite accostée, une dizaine de fois. On a pris de belles photos et puis on est allez prendre le petit dejeuné. On est partie dans une petit café qui sert des yahourt et des céréales avec une sauces qui avait le gout de la sauce Soya! Mmm.. tres bizarre!
Un jeune mec vient de rentrer dans le café internet, il m´a regardé, m´a souris et m´a dit ´Hrello!´ Tres drole!
Ai Ai Ai Carambas!
Donc apres le petit déjeuner, on voulait allez a la plage car il fait super beau et chaud. Donc on a pris un mini bus direction la plage de Pimentel! Une fois arrivée, on traverse la route et BOOM! Sur la plage c´etait super brumeux et il faisait froid! On a demandé si c´était normal et apparement c´est a cause du tsunamis! Ai Ai Ai Carambas! Impressionant! Je mettrais une vidéo si cet ordinateur des années 90 me laisse faire! On n´est pas restée longtemps biensur car pas sure que la bronzette marcherait bien!
On est revenue a Chiclayo, d´ou je vous parle maintenant. Je ne vais pas tarder car je risque de tuer un de ces gosses qui n´arrete pas de crier! Et je dois aussi retrouver sur un plan ou est l´hotel car on s´est un peu perdue!
Ce soir, Liv et moi, nous allons prendre le bus pour Lima, avec diner, petit déjeuner et des sieges qui se couchent! Le luxe!