The weather was not the best as it was very overcast. There were many of thier traditional reed fishing boats lined up along the beech, and many small ones in shops for sale.
By lunch time the clouds had cleared to leave us in sunshine and a glorious day. We had lunch at a little restaraunt where we had cebechi (Traditional Coastal Peruvian dish of raw fish marinated in lemon juice), for an entre, it was delicious. After lunch we walked up to the church on the hill with its magnificent view of the town and the coastline. 
We walked back to the hotel and David and Gui watched a Europe 2008 football match in Gui and Vicky´s room while Catriona and Vicki watched a Girly movie in the other room. After the football we went back out and spent the afternoon having beers and coctails, then dinner at a Mexican restaurant.9th Set off for a full day tour of the archealogical sites around Trujillo today. We started at the temple of the moon which was built by a pre incan civilization dated at around 100BC. This is a shot looking toward the temple of the sun in the distance.
They were all built from mud bricks, but it was amazing to see the colours of the painting that would have been on the outside of the pyramid shaped temple still visible. 
We also saw our first native Peruvian dogs. Ugly little things aren´t they?
Next stop was the rainbow temple, called this as many of the decorations had pictures of rainbows. Not much colour left in the paintings, only a little yellow. We stopped off at a small museum and then off to our last stop for the day, the Chan chan complex. Another mud brick city that took a couple of hours to walk around. It was very interesting to see the archeologists at work repairing the structures.
We set off at 6pm for our last nightbus, thank God. The worst one yet.10th We arrived in Mancora at 4am, we were supposed to arrive at 5am but the bus driver had driven very fast and made up an hour. We found our way to the hotel in the dark and had a few hours sleep. In the morning we found our hotel was right on the beach and they offered surfing lessons. So we had breakfast on the veranda cafe before heading out to look around.
Had a nice walk along the beach and did some yoga. Then we walked along the main street where Catriona bought a new sun dress. Then we had a relaxing lunch by the beach where Catriona sent a txt message to Lianna.
In the afternoon David hired a board for an hour and Catriona had a lesson with Gui, Victoria and Simon. Have a look at the new Gidget here.We spent the afternoon lazing around the hotel, having a few drinks with everyone before heading out to a restaurant for dinner.
11th Spent the day relaxing and letting Catriona get over drinking too much the night before. 
Went for a dip in the ocean to cool off before heading to the main street for lunch at a vegetarian restaurant caled Angela´s Place. Fantastic food that included wheat and gluten free bread. We liked it so much we went back for dinner and ordered food to take with us for the next days bus journey.
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