The sun´ll come out tomorrowww

Just a bit about Mancora...... the sun was so hot as we were so near the equator and apparently the position of the Earth´s axis is at the closest to the sun it´s been in however many years; so we all got burnt, me and Gaby included.... (Tilly always burns). We bought suncream, but a day late so the damage was already done!

Anyway, Mancora was great. We surfed and stood up a few times but the waves were so high- because of the recent tsunami and position of the moon, we hear. Gaby and I went swimming at one point and what was a nice swim suddenly changed when we realised that we were needing to tread water really close to the shore, and weren´t going anywhere even whilst trying to swim back. Luckily, an Australian man shouted to us that we were caught in a riptide and had to swim sideways to be free. Scary times as we were later told by an American that a guy he was travelling with had witnessed another person die further down the coast by drowning in a riptide!
Mancora´s quite a party town, especially at Loki where we stayed, however it was a nice break from busy city travelling and we made lots of friends (and created lots of gossip..)

Just thought I´d mention how hot it was in Mancora, because in Cusco now it is freeeeezing. We´ve all got kitted out in Gringo alpaca jumpers and thick bed socks to keep us warm at such high altitude, around 3,400m!