Blogs from Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, South America - page 2

Hola todos ! Espejo todo va bien. (notez cette aisance dans la langue de Sepulveda) Je commence mon voyage au Perou par un peu de culture. Ce matin, je suis allé voir Huaca del sol y la luna. Nous sommes un petit groupe: a couple austalien (lui est super lourd, mais son accent est tel que je comprends rien !), quelques peruviens et moi. Le tour se fera en espagnol et anglais. Car oui, j ai fait mon touriste et j ai booké un tour pour le 1er jour. On fera les excusrisons tout seul plus tard, une fois acclimaté au pays. Donc, nous commencons par traverser la campiña de Moche. Bon je vous arrete tout de suite, je ne vais pas faire de blague toutes les 2 lignes sur la culture moche. Et nous rejoingons ... read more

Nu har jeg lyst til at skrive en lang mail. Jeg har et par gange fået skrevet en del tanker ned, på mine efterhånden mange busture. Hov, før jeg starter mailen rigtigt vil jeg lige sige at jeg ikke gider koncentrere mig om tegnsætning - det ødelægger mit ”flow”. Så hvis du er sart med kommaer,,, så gå ud at lav en mad og se noget fjernsyn i stedet.... Jeg har som sagt fået skrevet et par gange på busture, men det er jo ucensureret, for det er jo terapi. Måske må nogle af jer godt læse det engang (som om i gider), men det er jo med lidt mere personlige og farverige oplevelser. Den her mail er jo bare ren deskriptiv: fx: først landede jeg der, så så jeg en bygning i en skæg farve ... read more

Heading 600km north to Trujillo we were glad to see the back of Lima. The main attraction here is Chan Chan a mud city built in the early 14th century, there are a couple of other archaelogical sites as well and the city itself has a nicely restored centre - which is painted in bright colours, so nice after the grey of Lima. After the bad experiences we've had with organised tours we DIY'd it today which is a bit more difficult but it gives us the control we want and the flexibility to do things in our own time - we weremuch happier :-) This area is so dry Chan Chan has survived to various degrees for ~700 years, pretty cool. Only one part of it is open, but the whole site is huge, it ... read more

We arrived in Trujillo on Wednesday the 2nd of July. It´s a nice colonial city with lots of archeological sites from the Moche and Chimu civilizations. Chimu were right before the Incas and the Moches preceded the Chimus. Do not get confused. Moche, then Chimu, then Incas. We did a few tours to various sites such as Chan Chan, which was the capital of the Chimus. We also saw Las Huacas de La Luna y Sol, which were temples from the Moche civilization. We liked the Moche style as it is more fun and colourful than the Chimu stuff. We were also intrigued by La Señora de Cao (Moche) who was discovered at El Brujo Complex back in 2005, a female mummy with lots of tattoos on her body! We didn´t get to see her, as ... read more

June 4: We made the journey to Guayaquil over a week ago, but soon found ourselves overwhelmed by the sweltering heat, pollution, and chaos of Ecuador´s largest city. So we boarded a bus in search of greener (and cooler) pastures. Crossing back in to the Andes, we settled into a gem of a city at Cuenca, in the south of the country. After taking a day to explore the area´s cobblestone allyways and quite plazas (and idling by the town´s meandering river with a carton of chocolate milk and not a care in the world), we were enlightened by the friendly vendors at the Casa del la Mujer (Women´s market) about their crafts and wares and seduced by a brilliant sunset over the Andes. We stumbled into the party scene that night and mingled with Germans, ... read more