Ecuadorian Border to Sullana to Piura, Peru Experiences & Stories from a Backpacker
Places in Peru:
Cusco
Machu Picchu
San Pedro Journeys
Arriving in Lima
Pisco, The Islas Ballestas and Paracas Nacional Parque
Ica / Huacachina
Nazca
Arequipa
Juliaca / Puno
Puno to Bolivian Border
Chile Border to Tacna
Tacna
Camana
Huanchaco / Trujillo
Trujillo to Piura to Mancora
Mancora
Mancora to Tumbes to Ecuadorian Border
Ecuadorian Border to Sullana to Piura
Chimbote
Exiting Macara in Ecuador for Peru is straight forward, you can get your exit stamp at the border, walk across the bridge and get your entry stamp
for Peru on the other side. Once this is done, there are co-op taxis waiting there to take you to Sullana which is about 130kms away, there is also
hot food (chicken and rice etc) available while you wait for the taxi to fill up. By The time there was 2 in the front plus the driver, 3 of us in the back
and 2 more in the boot with the luggage and produce we set off for Sullana which took one and three quarter hours driving fast. At one point the
driver stopped and tried to squeeze a mother and daughter and their produce into the boot, but they didn't fit. During the ride I saw animals walking
all over the road including pigs, donkeys and cows, a couple traveling on a tandem bicycle, people in mototaxis, chicken and vegetables for sale as we
passed through small villages called El Guineo, El Progreso, Partidor and Pedregal. I took a nice photo of an outside cookup under a tree complete
with a bicycle shelter and stray dogs. Sullana is a hectic and chaotic little place with mototaxis everywhere, a good place to catch a bus to
somewhere else which is what I did after getting to the crowded bus station. I headed for Piura on a local bus which cost 2 soles and took about
30 minutes. Piura, again is a hectic and chaotic town with bus companies, co-op taxis and mototaxis lining both sides of the street, it is an easy
place to get north or south from. The more flashier bus companies seem to do their long hauls only in the morning or at night so I settled for
a less fancy bus to get me south to Chiclayo during daylight.
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