Internet place, downtown Piura

Arrived in Piura at 9 o'clock, 2 hours later than originally hoped. The main reason for the delay was that it took more than 1 hour to get the Ecuadorian exit stamp. There seemed to be some problem with the computer, the border guard kept checking it, clicking the OK-button on the error message, didn't work, went back to the Discovery Channel that was running on his TV. So several times. I fell asleep in the line, it was 2 o'clock in the morning.

Finally the long line of people needing the stamp must have gotten angry and restless, so the border guard decided to fall back to the manual method of recording each person's ID on a piece of paper.

The busride was horrible too. One had to change to a different bus in Machala (the CIFA bus that takes one across the border stopping at both migration offices). This bus was overbooked. Unlike British Airways the CIFA bus company doesn't pay you 800 euros and book a nice hotel for you in Machala. Fortunately some people got off soon, so in the end I only had to stand for about 30 minutes.

At 15 o'clock (in 2 hours) going to Lima (15h ride) with Cruz del Sur, which should be a reasonably good company (we alredy took them from Lima to Trujillo). From Lima we go straigth to Pisco. The tourist information in Piura claimed that there are buses every 10 minutes from Lima to Pisco, so should be there tomorrow afternoon. (Btw, the tourist information in Peru is excellent.)

Can't wait to take a shower and drink some Pisco Sour.