Chan Chan

More sun and surf and a few Inca ruins thrówn in for good measure

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November 27th 2007
After a very uncomfortable 8 hour over night bus ride, I arrived in Trujillo. Instead of staying in Trujillo I decided to stay in a hostel in Huanchaco, a beach side village about 20min outside of Trujillo. The hostel I stayed at was right on the beach, and it served really good expresso coffee - something I didn’t get much of in Ecuador. I meet another Aussie girl in the hostel and we decided t ... read more

South America » Peru

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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 1... ... read more