After Catacaos, we drove to Mancora...terrible roads. You have to pass cars and trucks or you will never get anywhere. The roads are in really bad condition and an hour and a half drive takes twice as long. We arrived at lunch time and ate at a really great restaurant. Northern Peruvian food is seafood: ceviche and tiraditos.
Tiraditos is a dish made of raw fish and two sauces made from aji (Peruvian chiles). One is made from rocoto, very hot, and one is made from aji amarillo (yellow chiles). In the photo the sauces look heavy and creamy, but they're not. They are very light and mostly chiles blended with other ingredients. These tiraditos were my favorite food so far on the trip. Really yummy!
We found a great hotel, bungalow, for a really good price because it's off season. We had three bedrooms and lots of living space right on the ocean for the same price as two hotel rooms. There was a beautiful pool, outdoor chairs and lounging and the sunset from the pool was spectacular. Although it's winter, the temperatures were around 85 and very comfortable, even at night. For those of us who put up with foggy, cold Bay Area summer evenings, this is a real treat. No sweaters, no cold wind at night.
We hung out until the sun had set and then went to dinner.
We took mototaxis to town and had more seafood, tuna this time. Great ahi prepared Peruvian style. There are always bananas and yucca with very meal. Home and bed. I haven't listened to the waves pounding for many years. Lovely. Up the next morning with coffee and flowers outside the hotel room. Bouganvilla in colors I had never seen before. We headed off to the beach for surfing lessons. Our friend Reynaldo hooked us up with some friends who gave us a great deal. All three kids surfed all morning and Luis got photos of all of them standing up and surfing. Marcio was the star. He loved it and did so well.
We headed back to the hotel for lunch and went off to explore the countryside on ATV's, another hook up from our friend.
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