Pacific(ally) Peru

Well we are now at "The Seaside" in Peru, how weird is that?
We got the bus from Piura yesterday which is approx 6 hours and through the Peruvian desert, so it´s 6 hours through the desert to the coast wehere it´s grey and cold!
We´re used to it though, were from England after all!
The bus journey was quite eventful as we got a puncture just before we reached our destination, and unlike back home where a mechanic would come out and fix it for you, here the driver had to do it himself.
It was about 7pm and total darkness, all he had was a small torch, so you can imagine the difficulty he had!!
He did have a jack and wheel brace too, I hope you dont think I meant he only had a torch to change the tyre with?!?!
Anyway to his credit he did a great job and we were back on the road in under an hour.
It was quite funny to be honest as Matt was trying to tell the driver that we actually had another torch that he could have used and that it was in our ruck sack in the luggage compartment.
He just shrugged his shoulders at Matt and carried on in darkness, God only knows what Matt was actually saying to him!!
While the driver was fixing the puncture we were left on the bus with no A/C on and it became really stuffy, I got up to use the toilet on the bus which was downsatirs (one of those posh double deckers) anyway when I got up all the locals must have thought I was getting off as when I came out of the toilet there were loads of Peruvians trying to get in thinking it was the exit!!
We arrived ok and the hostal were staying at is really nice, its like the sort of accommodation you get when you go on a cheapie hol to Greece?
Today we are in a 'place called Trujillo, it´s quite a large place and about 12km from where were staying.
We jumped on the local bus this morning, well what an experience that was..
The bus was knackered, if it was in the UK it would have been scrapped many years ago (along with the driver)
It was as if somebody had put a steering wheel, some wheels and some seats in a small garage and decided to drive it.
Talk about shake rattle and roll, it was funny though and we couldn´t stop laughing!
It cost us 2 sol which is about 30p (for both of us)
It seems that Peru is even cheaper than Ecuador (just when you think things cant get any cheaper)
Matt got a pair of Converse baseball boots before we left Ec for $15 (7.50), it really is cheap for clothes, shoes, handbags etc.
There are a few more Westerners here so were not getting quite as many stares as we were in Piura.
Tomorrow we are hoping to go on a trip to a place called Chan Chan which is some ancient Inca remains (don´t know too much about them at this stage)
Here there is a drink called Inca Kola and everybody drinks it, it´s like the fizzy green limeade we get in the UK.
Anyway that´s about it for now as I know Matt is posting too and probably repeating everything I´ve just posted.
Hope you´re all enjoying your summer hols and long summer night´s, it gets dark about 6pm everyday here!!