Blogs from Chan Chan, Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, South America

One of the many things that has been an adjustment is the transportation in Peru. Where to start... Public transportation is a choice between "micros" (buses), "combis" (public vans), "mototaxis" (carriages attached to motorcycles), and taxis, depending on your location. Micros and combis are marked by color, letters on the lower right corner of the windshield, and letters on the top of the windshield. Taxis are marked by company, if marked at all (depending on the city). Even with the marked vehicles, you still ahve to ask everytime you get on if they are going to your location. The micros and combis have two personnel working, the driver and the cobrador (collects fares, opens and closes doors, yells out to pededstrians on the street...) Basically, the cobrador has his head of the window, yelling, the entire ... read more

We arrived in Peru yesterday! We have been meeting up with lots of fellow travellers from Holland, Germany, and France. We took the red eye bus - 11pm to 9 am to Peru from Ecuador. Crossing the border was interesting....we had to get off the bus at 4 am and sit outside for 2 hours while the immigration officer watched movie videos....We then got to Piura and stayed for only 2 hours, then we were off to Trujillo, Peru. We arrived in Trujillo at 8pm last night and took a taxi to Huanchaco... a small fishing/surfing village just outside the city. We randomly met up with 3 other travellers at the hostel we are staying.. Nayramp, it´s on the ocean! Joel ordered a pitcher of beer thinking it would be a tall beer last night. He ... read more

Amazing mud South America » Peru » Trujillo » Chan Chan By Elmo AbbeyApril 13th 2007Abbey ElliottHi again I´m trying to keep this blog up to date. We went to Chan Chan an incredible mud built city infact the largest Pre-Columbian city in South America it was built between c.850 and c.1470 and was the imperial capital until Chimor was conquered by the Inca in 15th Century. However the Inca´s did not build on it they left it as it originally was. Hope you enjoy the pictures. We stayed up the road by the sea when we arrived it was so cold and cloudy it was like being on an... read more

The panamericana seems to stretch out forever along the peruvian coast, linking the dry sand lands of the south with the surf towns in the north. In the middle of this coastal band lies Lima, like the buckle of a belt, holding this diverse nation together. Although I seem to prefer small towns to the big smokes, Lima held some appeal with its coastal location, and the lovely suburb of Miraflores. In particular Miraflores has a mall (not what one goes abroad to see) that is built into a conglomerate cliff, that overlooks the Pacific ocean, and the many surfers scattered throughout the blue. We had to spend a day in Lima before progressing north to find a surf instructor and the right beach. We ended up seeing two films, and sampling two different types of ... read more

Hi. To everyone, I hope that when you read this that you will understand me, and understand that it is wrong to lie, because through lying you will never achieve anything good. No it’s the opposite, you only end up losing everything, like how I lost the woman that I love through lies. I was also at the point of losing my family, because when we lie it is difficult to have people begin to trust in us, or in any person who has lied. I’m telling you, I lost the woman that I love and that I’m going to love for the rest of my life. My love, it’s true love, and I’ve known this ever since she left me. Since then, my life has changed so much, and now that it is too ... read more