Blogs from Trujillo, Peru, South America - page 3

This is how we crossed the border from Cuenca in Ecuador to Chiclayo Peru on a night bus. We then caught further buses to Trujillo and our final destination of Huanchaco. 1. We bought tickets for the international night bus the day before from Cuenca bus terminal. Ticket window was no 3 for Super Semeria. They offered us $13 for a bus to Piura or $18 to Chiclayo which was $2 less than the other companies Pullman Sucre and Azuay. They also told us there would be one bus whether Pullman Sucre said we would have to change buses. The bus was at 22:00 and stopped at Mancora, Piura and Chiclayo. A passport was required to buy a ticket. 2. There are different exits from the terminal to the platforms. Super Semeria buses left from exit ... read more

Our past week has involved lots of travelling and lots of whistle-stop sightseeing. We have been to Lima, Trujillo and are now in our last Peruvian destination, Mancora. Having covered about 500 miles on bus journeys that have lasted between 10 and 12 hours each we can safely say this has been one of the less exciting parts of our trip. Had the stops in between been more interesting the travelling may not have seemed so bad but sadly Lima, Trujillo and Mancora aren’t really ‘must-see’ destinations. Lima Our experience in Lima was marred somewhat by having nearly half of all our clothes ruined when the local launderette spilt bleach on them. At the time this was very frustrating but looking back I guess it’s not that bad; we’ve been on the road for nearly 6 ... read more

DAYS 38 - 39 After our late arrival yesterday we had pretty much a normal sleep ready for another busy day. First off we hired a guide for a tour of the museum, Lords of Sipan (English translation). The museum is a new purpose built facility that specifically houses the remarkable treasures of gold, silver, copper, turquoise, artefacts, ceramics weapons etc which were found in burial sites all along the North Peruvian Coast. The findings belonged to a previously unknown Moche culture that preceded the Incas by several centuries. The Sipan discoveries were the most lavish tombs found & only occurred in 1987 after one lesser tomb was plundered but others remained completely undisturbed & put under protection & intensive study by local & international experts. The tombs were much deeper than the Incas & probably ... read more

Ensuite, c'est un peu la course jusqu'à Lima, lieu de rencontre avec ma petite soeur.Je passe la frontière sans savoir ou aller, je décide de partir vers Huanchaco, petite plage a 20 minutes de Trujillo, ou l'on retrouve plusieurs sites archéologiques importants dont Chan chan ainsi que le templo de la luna et le templo del sol. Ces lieux, je les ai visités lors de mon dernier voyage alors je decide de profiter de la plage, du beau temps et des gens merveilleux que je rencontre. Au terminal de bus, je rencontre un Argentin qui part vers Huanchaco et qui me propose d'y aller en pouce. Nous partons donc a l'aventure, sous les regards désapprobateurs des péruviens a qui nous demandons notre route. A ce fait. les péruviens sont INCAPABLES de donner une direction précise et ... read more

15 February 2014 – Saturday – Piura to Trujillo, Peru We had a slow morning at the hotel as our bus to Trujillo is not scheduled to depart until 3 pm and hotel checkout was 12 noon. We packed, did some internet research and blog writing and had a late breakfast at the shopping centre (chicken empanadas and coffee) and stocked up on munchies for the seven hour bus ride, another 400+ miles of the Pan-American Highway. The first 200 hundred kilometres is straight and flat through the northern deserts of Peru. We weren’t expecting to see or travel through a vast desert of wind-shifted sands and sand dunes. This desert is known as the Sechura Desert and extends from the Pacific coast inland to the edge of the Andes. It was an amazing vista to ... read more