I was woken up at midnight lastnight by the guys at the hostel who were moving around beds in the room and at 5am we had a bunch of people check-in to my room and decide to sit up and talk all morning instead of going to bed. So today is the day to find some long-term accommodation. I went for one last look at Angelo's place and then over to Waikiki House, at around 1pm I decided that Waikiki was the better choice and the old lady had gone to so much effort getti...

After barely any sleep and thinking incessantly about places to move and to whether to buy a board or not I got out of bed and made my way to the market. I talked to a few locals asking them about the best fish to buy and how to cook it etc and settled on a nice 1/2 kg of whiting type fish - coming to a total of $1.20. I then met up with a guy called Angelo a local Couchsurfer with his own little business renting boards, wetsuits and teaching surfing. He seemed m...

Today the aim was to continue looking for accomodation and maybe find a board and a wetsuit to buy or hire. I got up early which is a rate thing around here, most people tend to sleep all day after big nights out. At about 10 my new friend Nemo came around and took me to a few places to look at - one of them was really nice, quiet, own room, bathroom, satellite tv and kitchen and the woman was asking about $170 a month for it which seems really cheap but could pr...

It's going to take a little getting use to this sharing a room thing again but overall I had a half decent sleep and I am really liking this hostel. I got up in the morning did my exercises then went for a wonder around the city. There was another Independence Day parade happening here so the streets were jam packed with people. I walked around checking out lots of hostels, hostals, hospedajes and hotels - seeing if I could get a decent price for a month long sta...

I am really starting to enjoy having my own room, privacy and a tv - it's amazing these things I used to take for granted make me so happy now. However today is the day I need to make a decision and so at 10am I went down the bus station and made the decision to head South to Trujillo - Peru. Trujillo is a large city: pop- 850,000 but just outside of the city there are some very nice surfing beaches. After lunch I made my way to the station and what chaos it was ...