Chan Chan, Huanchaco & Why You Might Not Want to Go to Peru
January 17th 2010 Second stop on the Summer Beach-Hopping tour is Huanchaco (juan-CHA-co) and all I can say is "Eureka!" I was giving up on Peru's desert coastline. Literally, most of Peru's coast is desert and while at first it's quite stunning, after awhile, I found myself longing for palm trees. Both Mollendo, where I spent New Years, and Paracas, are small, dusty towns without much beauty to be found. I mean
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