Blogs from Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru, South America - page 5

So, now we have spent a couple of weeks here in Trujillo. And yes it has been very quiet in on the Blog, have had to much things to adjust to over here! Well, as I said in the last entry, was that I live with a woman called Doris. In my house there was two other girls (from USA) who was sharing a room, but one of them (Andrea) left this morning to go back home. What's nice though is that we have a new girl here now (also from the states) which is sharing my room. Chris has his own room out in the garden of his family's house, and his own bathroom. It's a nice place. His house is much bigger than our apartment, and they have a really ugly rooster (tupp), which ... read more

Today we are in Trujillo and it is not a great day. I am sure under different circumstances I would give this bright and sunny city a chance. Under the circumstances, I am looking forward greatly to returning to the Second Home in Lima. We were originaly going to be in Trujillo for two days and go on to Chiclayo for another two days. However, Alli got very sick in Lima and we pressed on to Trujillo. Yet, it is not grabbing us. We are missing the comfortable environs of Second Home in Barranco, and we know that Lima has much to entertain us with .. cinemas, shows, restaurants, museos, perhaps even a cruise to the Islas Palominos. I am also very tired and I am speaking Spanish all the time, but it´s hard for me ... read more

We arrived in Trujillo bright and early (7am) and whilst at the bus terminal deciding on our accommodation we were "greeted" by the usual predatory taxi drivers. After mentioning our choice of hostel he informed us that this was not a good place to stay and that he had a much better option. After offering his suggestion he promptly disappeared...strange, but we were glad of a little peace so thought nothing of it as Lonely Planet is often way off the mark when it comes to classifying accommodation. Anyway, before long another cabbie appears and after offering our second choice he tells us that this place no longer exists - hang on a minute, there´s a pattern developing here!! Realising that we would get nowhere with our choices we agreed to go with the second ... read more

The lady of my house is Doris. I don't know how old she is, but she has a son who is 36 and a son who is 26. In the apartment there is three bedrooms, one for two volunteers from USA who arrived a week before me, one room for me and then one for Doris and her son Lino. The apartment is of course very different from anything at home, and there is not even a fridge, but it's homie and the area where it is seems fine. And the best of all, it's actually just by the neighbourhood where Chris is gonna live! Well, going back a bit in time.. to tell you about Colca Canyon and if I have time, Nazca Lines: We arrived in Arequipa (the biggest city close to Colca ... read more

Now we are here, at the end of the trip. Or at least where we are gonna spend our last weeks in South America. We arrived to Trujillo this morning and we have been able to look around the city a bit, and it's loud but quite pretty with it's old colonial houses. Chris has already been away to meet the family his gonna stay with for the next 10 weeks. So this is what I'm doing when he's away socialising! :-) I'm gonna get picked up tomorrow by the Son of the family that I'm gonna stay with, at 6 o' clock though, because it's Mother's Day here tomorrow so everyone is very busy.. and then I start at the orphanage on Monday, and Chris starts his school, he's actually gonna live in the ... read more