north coast of Peru

Peru is good. I like it, although it is winter, and with winter comes a chilly breeze off the ocean. Mancora´s beaches were soft and warm offering a great feel for the feet and an array of smoothed rocks to choose from. I enjoyed this surfer beach for 3 days. 3 chicha drinkin, beach strollin, oyster eatin, street walkin, surfer starin days. (chicha is different everywhere- here it´s a purple corn juice that is sweet like fruit...lovely) Huanchaco was next. Yet another surfer beach, but this one with only about 2,000 people. It reminded me of Silver Lake, town of 758. Everyone knew everyone and EVERYONE had a nickname. My second day there and I was waving to half the town like I knew them too, riding on the back of Tiger´s bicycle up and down Main Street. I quickly found my favorite portable pastry shop pacing up and down the beach and I had my strawberries with condensed milk guy too. Although not much sun in Huanchaco, the people kept an incredible atmosphere. Now after all week in two cities, not my planned six-- destination: LIMA.