Blogs from Piura, Piura, Peru, South America - page 2

Hi all. I´m in Piura until tomorrow morning, then off to Ecuador. Spent a couple of days in Chiclayo, saw some adobe pyramids from the time of Christ and what was excavated from the tombs. This site was found and began the excavation in 1987 so the museums that house the finds are pretty great. The sites themselves look like big dirt mounds but apparently there were some local people stumbled upon these ruins, plundered the graves, sold the findings and an archealogist figured out where the sites were. The crazy thing is the first layer (lowest layer) of the pyramid belonged to Lord Sipan who lived around the time of Christ. When he died, they buried him along with any wives, children, concubines, servants, guards, a dog and a llama (ALL were sacrificed) to keep ... read more

To make our way north to the Ecuadorian border we first got a micro from Huanchaco to Trujillo where we caught a cab to the bus terminal (the driver was bonkers and kept turning round to talk to us whilst negotiating heavy chaotic town traffic). 5 minutes after getting there we watched the micro that we had got off go past, but its impossible to know what the different routes are, besides the cab journey had well and truly woken us up! We got a bus to Chicalayo 3 hours north. The buses from Trujillo direct to Pirua 4 hours further on all left in the afternoon so would have got us in late in the day - instead we planned to try and pick up something from Chiclayo to Pirua the same day but after ... read more

Vappua on taas, vappu on taas, haalarit taynna kossuu, vai miten se menikaan:) Hyvaa juhlapaivaa joka tapauksessa!! Ja muistakaa juoda tarpeeksi vappusimaa, ettei heliumpallot vie teita mukanaan, niin kuin kavi yhdelle ukkelille. Etsintoja jatkettiin muutaman paivan, mutta sinne jonnekin merelle se havisi. Paivantasaaja on ylitetty! Mukava paikka sinansa se paivantasaaja, vaaka nayttaa vahemman kuin missaan muualla ja se toimii myos eraanlaisena vedenjakajana, parin metrin etaisyydella toisistaan vesi pyorii lavuaarissa erisuuntiin?! Olikohan se joku koheesio- vai Coreolisvoima, no joka tapuksessa turistijippo sekin oli, luin jalkeenpain, etta yksin tama voima ei pysty muuttamaan vedenvirtaussuuntaa lavuaarissa. Taas mua huijattiin! Eipa sinansa mitaan uutta..taalla Perussa, varsinkin rahojen kanssa saa olla varuillaan, yrittavat usein antaa tyhmille turisteille vaihtorahoina jotain ... read more

Well....we have moved on a bit..... On Monday morning we caught a bus to Cuenca.....3 hrs to Ambato and then 7 hrs to Cuenca. Our friend Brice (France) that we met up in Mindo was already there with a messed up back and waiting for us. He was going stir crazy due to the pain and immobility so he booked our room for us at the same hostel. It was great to see him again and I am sure he was delighted to see familiar faces. The poor guy has 2 herniated discs so he is in rough shape. Our plan was to get there....get him some what better....enough that we could carry his backpack and get him on the bus with us to Peru. Cuenca was pretty nice....for a city. I am not going to ... read more