Blogs from Trujillo, Peru, South America
April 23rd 2012
We left Huaraz on an overnight bus to Trujillo. We left about 10:15 pm on a fairly fancy Linea bus and arrived in Trujillo 9 hours later. They served us chicken and rice and cooked veggies for dinner which was fantastic. All we had brought was bread, not as fantastic. The movie was Alive, rather appropriate as we wound our way down the Andes. Sarah had recently read Miracle in the Andes (Dad, remember giving me that book one Christmas for Elfster because you didn't know how to use the internet?). Alive is based on Miracle in the Andes, the story of a rugby teams plane crashing in the Andes and their survival, which included cannibalism. Sarah tried to stay awake and watch it despite being tired. An hour or so in, after the likely illegally ... read more
April 19th 2012
Tuesday 27th March - Chiclayo to Trujillo to Huaraz After a late start we got the 4 hour bus to Trujillo where we had intended to stay the night, before moving on but on arriving there we found there was only 1 bus a day leaving for Huaraz at 9pm. Rather than stay in yet another grotty city we decided to wait it out in the bus station for 5 hours, along with a short trip to a shopping mall we'd seen advertised before getting the night bus. We took a taxi through the city, looking at endless crap in the streets and half finished so called houses and arrived at the Plaza Aventura mall. which appears as almost an oasis out of the desert. If there weren't any people there you could easily be fooled ... read more
March 28th 2012
24/3- 27/3 Trujillo Bussturen fra Cajamarca tok ca. 6,5 timer og går gjennom høye fjell og dype, grønne daler. En spennende tur langs svingete veger og stupbratte fjellsider, vakkert. Vi trodde vi var lure og bestilte plass på 1. seterad slik at vi riktig skulle få panoramautsikt. Det var en gedigen tabbe, for bak sjåføren var det en heldekkende gardin. Han falt ikke for våre bønner om å trekke til side gardinen selv om vi på dårlig spansk og demonstrerende pantomime forsøkte å forklare hvor bilsyke vi kom til å bli uten vindusutsikt. Heldigvis fikk vi byttet til oss plasser til seterad nr. 2 og klarte å ikke bli for bilsyke. Men bilder ble det lite av.. I skrivende stund sitter vi på verandaen på hotellet vi bo... read more
March 12th 2012
The coastal area of Peru is extremely dry with an average of about 3 inches of rain in a year, yet in Salaverry it was the home to one of the the most spectacular cities and the largest construction of mud in the New World. Chan-Chan was once the capital of the Chimu Cilivation, predecessors of the Incas.... read more
November 12th 2011
Arriving in Trujillo was a very stark contrast to Huaraz....very barren and almost desert like! Situated on the coast I intended to have a few rest days following all the hiking I had just done. I had been recommended a hostel to stay in outside Trujillo in Huanchaco. Once a small fishing village, now a surfers hang out. I´d heard a rumour that the Canadian boys from Ecuador were heading this way imminently so upon their arrival we met up and checked out some of the local ruins nearby. Chan Chan dates back to about 1300AD and is a vast area of crumbling walls that use to form about 10,000 structures and was the Chimu capital. I think we would have appreciated this more by viewing it from the air...never the less it was still spectacular ... read more
Adobe Ruins and Walking Handbags in Trujillo
Published: November 22nd 2011South America » Peru » Trujillo
September 29th 2011
Finally I found myself at the Pacific Ocean. I arrived early in the morning in the town of Huanchaco, a short distance from the main city of Trujillo. I found and checked into a hostel before falling immediately asleep, I had arrived far too early for my liking. I woke after a few hours and dragged my tired ass out of bed to begin my first ever visit to the Pacific Ocean properly. At breakfast I bumped into a couple of guys I´d met whilst waiting for a taxi after the Santa Cruz trek and they invited me to join them sightseeing around Trujillo's wealth of pre-Incan culture. We jumped on a local bus towards Trujillo, jumping off at the beginning of a dirt road leading to the ancient Chimú city ofChan Chan. On the side ... read more
September 15th 2011
Huanchaco Hanchaco...So we have been here for a couple weeks now slowin down our travelin momentum. Erika and I both found some sweet volunteer job opportunities (we will explain them a lil more in depth) I am working at a dog refugee and at an after school help classroom called "Casita de Madera" and Erika is helping escavate mummias in the local Huanchaqita. And every wedenesday Erika and I teach an art class at the biblioteca..Who knew Erika and I were so artistic right? ha We aren't, but we tricked the lil kiddies into thinking we are. Anywho, where we are is pretty sweet. Its this nice laxed surfing village that hasen't gotten taken over quite yet by a rowdy group of travelers. The center of town is considered pretty rich in Peruvian standards, but the ... read more
September 6th 2011
Jeez, talking about a writers block... Ok, by chance really, I found out about this amazing historical site in the northern mountainous region of Peru. And again I had no clue that there were some equally cool waterfalls nearby and another cool site on top of that! So yes, I was a bit happy that the trip to Chachapoyas was more than worth it after all. Besides most of it being a total surprise, my four days there were pretty standard, which was a welcome change of pace after the previous week. As every road in the area, besides the one access road I came by, were dirt-roads I opted to go with organised trips instead of putting my bike(and me) trough any more hardship... The first day took us to the great fortified city of ... read more
Lord of Sipan, Chan Chan ruins, & Huaca de la Luna
Published: September 1st 2011South America » Peru » TrujilloAugust 18th 2011
August 18th Next stop was Huanchaco, a beach town right next to Trujillo. The long drive (starting at 6 am) was made even longer by an hour long detour me made due to getting lost. We drove down one road, back up it, down another road, back up it, and then down the first and back again before finally leaving that area by the exact way we had arrived. It must have looked a bit sketchy because we were stopped by the police and the policeman got on the truck, demanding to see everyone´s passports. We kept them all in a safe in the floor of the truck so it took forever to get them all out and then the policeman looked at 3 before giving them back and getting off the truck. It was ridiculous. ... read more
August 7th 2011
It was very early when we pulled into Trujillo, maybe 7am. And we took a walk into the main square. Trujillo is very pretty and pretty much abandoned when we got there. The buildings are all really colourful and its quite a nice place to just walk around and take in. We decided to stay a night as if we didn’t it would be another 10hour bus later that day. We met a Swiss guy called Jonah who we wandered round with and got breakfast with in the market. Lovely cheap chicken sandwiches and coffee. We then got a taxi with our bags to Huanchaco which is just the little town by the beach, its pretty much part of Trujillo. We were quite glad to see a beach but it was pretty cloudy although by late ... read more
