23 Máncora

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1 Arriving in Lima
2 S. American Explorers
3 On to Paracas
4 Paracas
5 Getting to Nazca
6 The Nazca Lines
7 Arriving in Arequipa
8 To the Colca Canyon
9 Colca Canyon
10 Back in Arequipa
11 Final day in Arequipa
12 Stranded in Arequipa
13 En route to Cuzco
14 Cuzco
15 Cuzco
16 Machu Picchu
17 Back to Lima
18 Lima
19 Lima to Trujillo
20 Trujillo ruins
21 Máncora
22 Máncora
23 Máncora
24 Last day in Máncora

Peru

Máncora

Monday 11 July 2005 (day 50)

Rafting out to sea

An egret with its lunch

Today is another beautiful, hazy, sunny day just right for lazing about and doing not a lot. We walked along the beach in the other direction away from Máncora. Here there are not so many houses and hotels so there are more open spaces along the bay. The beach is also wider here. In the sand there are patches with hundreds of the little shells buried beneath the surface. As the waves wash out they are uncovered and you can feel them underfoot - not a very nice sensation! I got accused of being a big girlie "for someone who is so independent and stubborn" (me stubborn - surely not!!) because I did not want to walk on them. Neither did Stef really, he juts wouldn't admit it.

A little way up there were a few more rocks and we went crab spotting. Comparatively, the crabs here were quite big, but they are not really. They are a very dark green/grey colour, almost black, camouflage against the rocks they live on. We found a few shells on the sane, no pearls in the oysters, and saw a small fish darting about quickly in the shallow water. Other than that it was just sand, sea and a few people stretching as far as you could see. For the most part we walked in the ocean - lovely warm water.

Its difficult to judge how far we walked. Even though the ground was flat the combination of sand and the undercurrent from the tide meant that it was not easy going (but not exactly difficult either). It was just lovely to while away a few hours with no fixed plans of where to go or what to see. We had a lunchtime swim then headed to our balcony to sit out the midday heat. In the afternoon we just relaxed, played cards, caught up on diaries and generally let time go by until it was time for bed - stunning!!

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