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Background: Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime. FUJIMORI won reelection to a third term in the spring of 2000, but international pressure and corruption scandals led to his ouster by Congress in November of that year. A caretaker government oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001, which ushered in Alejandro TOLEDO as the new head of government; his presidency has been hampered by allegations of corruption.




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By BearandButton
November 1st 2009
Chiclayo South America » Peru » Lambayeque » Chiclayo
Chiclayo.... What can we say? You aren't very lovely, but you have cable tv. And really bad food. We are happy to leave you in a few days! [View Full Entry]

BearandButton - Bear and Button | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 3rd 2009 | 5 Views | [diary=456569]


'Couldn't find a room in a hostel so I've checked into the Radisson....' OK so perhaps not the exact words of the text Shirley sent me but they're pretty close! At the time I was sat at a truck stop halfway through a 24 hour bus journey from Cusco to Lima and facing the usual dilemma of biscuits vs. crisps for breakfast, everything else on offer being, well, meat, meat, meat or.... i.e. not very veggie friendly. As she was only here for 3 weeks Shirley had taken the posh option and flown to Lima, leaving me to the much slower [View Full Entry]

Willow - Wendy Smyth | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 5th 2009 | 86 Views | [diary=441751]

The 'pyramids' at Tucume
Gold! And this was just the start...
Fountain spectacular, Lima

The Museo Tumbas Reales De Sipan is great, fantastic exhibits well laid out and lit, no guide forced on us and only 10 soles (US$3) to get in. After the disappointments of the museums in Lima we had a fantastic day. The only downside is no cameras are allowed so we don't have any pics. The museum is actually in Lambayeque about 12km from Chiclayo, to get there we took a local "micro" which is a Toyota van / minibus. It's the same model as the ones used in Discovery Bay in Hong Kong where there are 6 passengers plus the [View Full Entry]

hkwoody - Martin Woodford | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 31st 2009 | 36 Views | [diary=423977]

Hairless Dog

By Ciap
July 14th 2009
Piura - Chiclayo South America » Peru » Lambayeque » Chiclayo
Una notte in Piura e poi Chiclayo. Le cittá peruviane sono piuttosto congestionate e confuse, ma questa é una delle cose che le rende interessanti... Nella zona di Chiclayo si trovano alcune delle piú interessanti testimonianze pre-incaiche. Ho visitato il museo delle tombe reali di Sipán e il rispettivo sito archeologico: splendido! Anche Túcume, con le sue 26 piramidi in adobe e la huaca larga é un luogo estremamente affascinante. [View Full Entry]

Ciap - Andrea Chiappello | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 14th 2009 | 17 Views | [diary=418299]

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Dames y Caballeros ! Que estan haciendo ? Aren't you people bored yet by our ""funny"" reports and pictures ? Of course not, you wouldn't have tuned in if you were, de acuerdo ? How is home/work/family life doing, no struggle or strife at the frontline ? Good to know ... as you know we're always concerned about you. Ok, let's get ready for a new episode of the trip around the small small world. El Señor de Sipán ... who is this, any ideas ? Let's start with the country as such .. Peru, we dived into and thru this [View Full Entry]

alibaba034 - Tony Becker | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 20th 2009 | 212 Views | [diary=375390]

Feeling hungry ?
Santa Maria
You get what you pay for

Hello Again, It seems that I am about a month late on all of these entries. Between work and travel I haven't had time to get this post up. I was in Peru again in October and had the chance to get up to the North for the first time. I went to Chiclayo, Trujillo, and then I dd the standard Cuzco and Machu Picchu visit. Chiclayo felt like it was about 5-years behind in regards to general touristic infrastructure but the locals are so nice. I stayed at the Gran Hotel Chiclayo and it was fine. Clean and comfortable with [View Full Entry]

Brett9 - Brett Steele | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 26th 2008 | 36 Views | [diary=348820]

Chan Chan
Trujillo
Huaca del Sol

Ok, so since the purchase of my Enrique concert ticket has completely changed my plans, I had a few days to kill so I thought I would head north to Chiclayo. Well after a 13 hour overnight bus ride, which was redirected due to road blocks so it took an extra 2 hours on bumpy unsealed road, I arrived a little worse for wear. I travelled through some amazing desert country and some of the villages on the way looked like they were made out of adobe (mud mix) bricks and looked just like ancient ruins. Turns out despite being home [View Full Entry]

fun young and fancy free - Hayley | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 20th 2008 | 86 Views | [diary=346738]

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"He´s a man. He´s just a man" - Jesus Christ Superstar. Not so for the people of Sipan around 1500 years ago. The recently named ´Señor de Sipán´was the lord found intact in the base layer of a massive mud brick / adobe pyramid - deep enough to evade the amateur grave robbers. Perhaps it was the massive pyramid on top of him that gives his status away. Or maybe his retinue of 5 women, military chief, porter, llama, tomb guard, and mass of pottery containing food and offerings to keep him well catered for in the next life. Or maybe [View Full Entry]

ArleneandBenj - Adams | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 6th 2008 | 36 Views | [diary=340087]

Mummy
Positively Kingly
Stunning

10 hours bus journey to Piura in coastal Northern Peru, via Macara/La Tina border crossing. Eventful so not too painful. We met 2 Irish guys - probably about 50 - clearly a couple but had cooked up some story about how they were going to meet their wives in Buenos Aires - odd! They provided us with beer and biscuits after the bus broke down (loud bang, puncture, resulting chaos for a couple of hours whilst the driver and conductor argued about how best to change a tyre) and it became clear we would be arriving in Piura very late with [View Full Entry]

laurentbon - Martha & Laurent | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 9th 2008 | 93 Views | [diary=329914]

Museo National Tumbes Reales de Sipan
The "Señor de Sipan" court
Lima Plaza de Armas

Day 54: Friday 22 August - Over the border into Northern Peru My 11pm bus from Loja reaches the border with Peru at around 3.15am. Everyone gets off the bus and waits patiently at the Ecuadorian side waiting for the border post to open. Word filters down the line that its not going to open until 4am.......great just what I need when I'm half asleep!! Luckily we don't have to wait that long and after around 30 minutes a light appears in the office and the border guard gradually starts processing the queue. After the formalities at the Ecuadorian side I [View Full Entry]

looking for my zihuatanejo - Andrew Chapman | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 24th 2008 | 183 Views | [diary=315434]

2. Chiclayo Cathedral
3. Museum of the Royal Tombs of Sipan in Lambayeque
4. Pyramids, Tucume


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