Blogs from Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, South America - page 4

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

sorry i havent wrote in awhile.... on friday...heidi, josemaria, natalie and i went shopping all day and then we went to happy hour..then we meet up with the teachers and went dancing...we didnt get home unitil 1am. we had lots of fun though. on saturday...we flew back to lima...my fav place..notttt....and the group went to chilis...it felt like we were in the us...it was fab!!! then we seperated and went home. i just hung around the house did home work, went to wong ,the grocery store, and came home and did more work. on sunday...i woke up at 4am. my taxi picked me up at 430am to go to the hotel of my teacher. he started to take me to the airport....thankfully...he understood me and he turned around!!!! we took off on the bus at 6am. ... read more

Visited Huacas del Sol and la Luna this morning. Two Pre-Incan temples built by the Moche civilisation over six centuries to AD600. Managed to use our student cards for reduced tickets (unlike the horrible lady in Chiclayo who wouldn't accept them despite having 'International Student Card' written on them!) and get an English-speaking guide. Only the Temple of the Moon was open but the actual complex was huge. The temple is actually five temples, one built on top of the other. The first was buried and then the next built on top. In true Peruvian style and with a rather warped idea of preservation we were allowed to walk all over the buildings. The front facade was still being excavated but most of the inside walls were covered in friezes still with original colours. Absolutley ... read more

Huanchaco is a small coastal village about ten mins taxi away from the city of Trujillo. Not much here except the fishing boats and restaurants which line the beach, but very pleasant none the less! Have eating Chicharon (fried pieces of fish) and Ceviche (cured fish with lemon and chilli) which are nice in small doses and served seemingly everywhere. Can´t say I could live on the current diet here, people just don´t eat vegetables or salads at all! Salad is in McDonalds sized portions! Have visited the Adobe city of Chan-Chan which sits the the desert area between Trujillo and Huanchaco which was certainly very interesting if a bit underwhelming. The ruins of the Huaca de Luna the other side of Trujillo, dispite being older are in much better condition and some of the paintwork ... read more

I arrived in Trujillo on the 29th June. Emer & I had to take the plane as all the buses were full, there was a festival for saints Peter & Paul in Trujillo (Trujillo is a coastal city, and the two biblical figures were fishermen). Trujillo is a city of about 250,000 people, located in the north of the country. There are 3 types of terrain in Peru: coastal, mountain and jungle. As mentioned before, Trujillo is on the coast. The surrounding areas are arid deserts and mountains. (Indeed, it is considered one of the best surfing locations in the world, which is something I hope to avail of at the weekends.) The city centre is oblong in shape, with 2 ringroads (the America and the España). There are many nice colonial buildings, with interesting features ... read more