Blogs from Chiclayo, Lambayeque, Peru, South America - page 5

I gotta say I am really enjoying being here in Chiclayo! The weather is beautiful - 70´s most of the time, clean, fresh air and clean streets too! And they have mototaxis here! Yippy! Not nearly as many as there were in Iquitos, but I still get to enjoy riding. More taxis here though, but less air pollution then in Lima. I would also like to add that the "hombres" in Chiclayo are better-looking overall then all of the other places we have visited in Perú! Soooo, today we began our observations at the military academy, Colegio Militar Elias Aguirre. Had to dress a little nicer for this visit- couldn´t get away with the new cargo pants I bought last night! I will probably wear them for most of the next couple weeks though- soooo ... read more

Wake-up time at 5:30am today... yeeech! But the bus was coming to take us to the airport at 6am, right? Not exactly... The tiny little van arrived at about 6:20, and there wasn´t a snowball´s chance in hell we were all going to fit on the van with the luggage. Soooo, we divided into two groups, I was in the first group. Headed to the airport and got there at about 6:45. (Our flight was scheduled to leave at 7:35) The second group was right behind us, or so we thought. Now it´s 7:00am, and they are closing the check-in counters. Group two still hadn´t arrived. And Natalie was in group two, with the bag of snacks! (aka my breakfast) 7:15, no sign of them. 7:30... 7:45.... boarding the plane, and no group two! The next ... read more

Paul really wanted to be in 2 countries for his birthday but we didn't quite make it. We spent most of the day in another bus. We caught the bus and we were the only 2 on it and we were still commenting on how could a bus company make money on an empty bus when we pulled into another bus station and had to change onto another one that was nearly full. The bus waited 45 minutes until all the seats were taken before it left. During that time men came on board and tried to sell watches and sunglases and kids were selling soya milk and black maize drinks in pre/used fizzy bottles. As we travelled up, up, up rocky mountains and down into the most amazingly fertile valley with a tropical microclimate the ... read more

Once the hassle of the previous day was out of our system we headed to the Museum of Sipan which was the main reason for coming here. An intact Moche, pre Incan civilisation tomb was discovered in 1987 of Lord Sipan and lots of priceless artifacts were recovered. The attraction for me was something so important was found so late in the century when most of the world’s treasures have been found. It just goes to show how much we don’t know and that there can be buried treasures right under our feet in a number places around the world. Since a kid I have imagined what it must have been like for the early explores to Egypt finding all these tombs and thought those days have passed but maybe there are still chances to unearth ... read more

Im now sitting in ann inernetshop in Monsefu, a busy village southeast of Chiclayo. This village boost some nice craftshops, local craft was what i came here to see, but what turned out to be the most interresting is the local peoplelife, and tonight there is supposedly some sort of fiesta here. Ok. Lets start with the beginning. My point of arrival to the continent was Lima-capital of Peru. A noisy, polluted city, witch on top of that is huge and caotic. Getting the general bearings is relatively straight forward-even for me witch has a great talent of getting lost in any place with more than one street. Getting detailed bearings isn´t easy, though. But thanks to "mamma" in Inka Homestay, i got all directions. She doesen´t speak a word english-so my spanish learningcureve was steep....That ... read more