Blogs from Lambayeque, Peru, South America

We spent one night in Chiclayo so we could visit the Museo Tumbas Reales del Senor de Sipan in nearby Lambayeque. The museum contains all the precious finds from the Royal Tombs of Sipán and is designed so you follow in the footsteps of the archeologists and see everything in the same order as they were discovered. The museum contains lots of artifacts as well as photos from the dig. It begins at the top with the detailed ceramics representing gods, people, plants, llamas and other animals. The next level was my favourite with unbelievable jewellery such as the fine turquoise and gold ear ornaments showing ducks, deer and the lord Sipán himself. The archeologists had left a small part of some of the items as they found them, which clearly showed the amount of painstaking ... read more

Lord of Sipán mummy El Señor de Sipán, original artifacts in the Royal Tombs of Sipán museum, Lambayeque, Peru. Scientific analysis of the skeleton of the Lord of Sipán show that he was approximately 1.63 meters tall and was about 35–45 years old at the time of his death. His jewelry and ornaments, which included headdresses, a face mask, a pectoral, necklaces, nose rings, ear rings and other items, indicate he was of the highest rank. Most of the ornaments were made of gold, silver, copper and semi-precious stones. The Lord of Sipán was wearing two necklaces with beads of gold and silver in the shape of maní (peanuts), which represent the tierra (earth). The peanuts symbolized that men came from the land, and that when they die, they return to the earth. Peanuts were used ... read more

Chiclayo may not be the prettiest place in Peru but it has some good things going for it and you can spend a happy weekend there. For me the highlight has to be the Museum Tumbas Reales del Senor de Sipan, the climate and the friendly people – it’s ‘the city of friendship’ no less. To set the scene, Chiclayo is large commercial desert city (the country’s fourth most populous - 650,000 inhabitants) in northern Peru. There are plenty of hotels and restaurants, cinemas, malls and good transport links. It’s 17 km from the coast and is sunny for most of the year. I stayed there with my boyfriend for two weekends as it was a convenient meeting point between Peru (where he lives) and Ecuador (where I was living – well, only a 24 hour ... read more

3-5th May ’13 Chiclayo Our first full day here we didn’t do much as Howard’s bowels were causing him grief! We did manage to get to the main square without being mown down (a minor miracle), Howard finally got a haircut and I have never known someone take so much pride in his work – Juan was a perfectionist, he must have been in the military!, we managed to sort out and book ourselves on a tour for the next day and found the bus station we needed to book our tickets for Trujillo on Sunday, which after a long time in a queue we did. The next day was fantastic we were booked on The Sipan Tour with Moche Tours and the guide spoke excellent English and hearing him switch between Spanish and English was ... read more

Hi Everyone, I have had a busy time since my last entry, I met the group that I will complete my 15 day tour with eveyone is really nice and sharing a room with Luice who is from London and has been travelling for the last 4 weeks so this is the end of her trip. We started our tour by flying into the Amazon jungle. After an 1 hour bus journey and 2 hour boat journey we arrive at our logdes. The views from the boat were amazing the sun was setting and the colours in the sky were more beautiful then I had ever seen before. You could hear the river frogs and crickets making you relaise that you where far from the busy city. The lodges were great with bannana trees growing outside. ... read more