After recovering from the death hike we decided to try our luck at a few ruins in Huaraz. We took a three hour bus ride to a small town called Chavin...which houses ancient ruins...800 BC aka older than christ...wow...that´s old. It was a pretty amazing experience...undergound tunnels, the deepest part of the moon (energy center when the old people were high on drugs), 20 foot stone daggers, happy faced statues and ancient technology. We also went on a tour in a museum located in town...the power was shut off...luckily Mike, Emily and I all had our handy dandy flashlights powered and ready to go. We helped guide the tour with our lights...and made it out safely.
PS - During this entire day Kara was MIA...floating in a cloud somewhere, or in the bathroom.
We got back to Huaraz around 7:00 PM, which gave us, what we thought, over two hours of preparation before we had to catch our 9:30 over night bus. After showering and packing our bags we headed across the street for dinner, where we ordered some amazing dishes. We were also waiting for our bus tickets to arrive at our hotel, peeking out heads outside the restaurant every so often. Around 8:50 (with no food yet), Mike and I went across the street to see if they had come yet. To our surprise a taxi had arrived to take us to our bus...which actually left at 9:00 PM SHARP!!!! AhhHHHHH!!! We rushed upstairs grabbed all the bags...then sprinted across the street where we tried to communicate that we needed our food to go!! We scooped it all up in boxes...threw some money at the woman who took our order and probably prepared each of our meals on her own...and ran out the door. Luckily for us we made it to the station with a minute or two to spare and headed to Trujillo.
We popped open our boxes of hot food and immediately were given the stink eye due to the smell...and the bus attendent was insistent that we take some barf bags for the trip. The 9:00 PM departure was the start to our 20 hour bus adventure...
Three bus rides later and a two hour packed to the brim van ride...we arrived in paradise!!! Mancora is everything we thought it would be and more!!
Much too long of a blog...you´ll hear about the amazing beach and warm water later!
Peace on Earth!
Mandy
PS - Don´t be surprised if we never make it home!
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