Blogs from Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, South America - page 3

Peru's ancient civilisations: More than just the Incas Cloudy skies and desert landscapes are the memories I will take from our time in northern Peru. This region is much less popular with tourists than the south of the country, but, with sights such as the stunning mountains around Huaraz and the pre-Columbian ruins at Trujillo, there are plenty of reasons to visit. We left the mountains of Huaraz behind and descended to Trujillo on the coast via overnight bus. I remember waking up early on the bus and looking out to the contrasting scenes of the Pacific Ocean on one side and the arid desert on the other. Despite being in a desert, I don't think we saw the sun between Huaraz and the Ecuadorian border - the skies were always covered by thick clouds but, ... read more

On the 27th September, after a very busy three weeks in France, with a side trip to Spain, we flew back to Cayenne in French Guyana. We had a nice surprise when the airline company had to make a change to our flight which meant that we got to spend a night in a relatively posh hotel in Martinique before taking a connecting flight to Cayenne. It was very nice winding down in the hotel pool after the long flight and then going on to a complementary evening meal. Only problem was, with the time difference and the fatigue from our rushing around in France I was pretty much falling asleep at the table over dinner. In the short time we were in Martinique we didn’t get to see much of the island, which seemed very ... read more

Despite the location saying Trujillo we actually stayed in a nearby "surfing town" (as everyone knows we are both a couple of surf-dudes at heart) about five miles from Trujillo. This was because, having stayed in cities for all of our trip apart from the Galapagos, we fancied a bit of a change and some sea air. It was a good choice; Trujillo looked like most of the other cities... lots of people, lots of taxis, lots of traffic fumes. Having a day to spare (on Saturday) we took the bus into Trujillo (more of which later), in order to get a taxi to ´Huaco de la Luna´and ´Huaca del Sol´(Temple of the Moon and Sun respectively). These are two temples built by the Moche people between 100 and 700 A.D. The Sun temple is closed ... read more

We got to Trujillo today, after another 7 hours on a bus (actually two buses and we waited an hour between, but who cares). The buses in Peru (or at least the ones we´ve taken so far) are very different than the buses in Ecuador. They are much newer, more comfortable, and they don´t stop every 5 minutes for passengers with bags of rice or corn or whatever. Also, when you buy a ticket, it goes on a computer, and you can choose your seat and everything. Hi Tech. Tomorrow, we´re going on a tour to various archeological sites around Trujillo, and then we´re taking a night bus to Huaraz. We bought the most expensive tickets in a bus-cama (bed), so I hope we´ll be able to sleep on the bus. Also, if you´ve heard something ... read more

Al día siguiente de la última vez q escribí me tomé un bus (no de los q usan los turistas, sino de los q usan los cuzqueños) para partir a Pisac. Me senté al lado de un señor peruano q me empezó a contar acerca de la historia de los sitios arqueológicos q rodean la ciudad (o al menos su versión), el bus estaba REPLETO de gente, tenía a un cabro chico parado al lado mio q se quedaba dormido encima de mi hombro, se subían a cada rato de esas señoras típicas de las fotos de Perú (pero éstas no se vestían así para q les pagaran, se vestían así xq en verdad era su ropa !!!! ), la micro era de esas pintorescas q antes había en Santiago, como con calcomanías y cosas colgantes ... read more