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Friday, June 23, 2006

Leaving Peru (for now)

We first planned to stop somewhere along the north coast of Peru for Johan to surf. After reading many reports on the internet of the increased danger of being robbed at the surf spots (and after seeing a dismal swell forecast), we decided to head north to Ecuador. So we boarded another overnight bus in Lima, this time a bus all the way to Quayaquil, Ecuador. The bus ride that would have taken 25 hours eventually took almost 28 hours! But the road was straight and our seats were almost fully reclining. The drawback - we were bombarded with the screening of extremely violent DVD's on the bus - all dubbed in Spanish...

The road north from Lima is beautiful - the desert meats the ocean and the potential for good surf is almost endless with the many left-handed sand points all along the coast. Fortunately the swell was small so the torture for Johan was limited...

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