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Chiclayo Slideshow
Chiclayo
Travel Blogs from Chiclayo, Peru
The new king of Sipan
Chiclayo today is the commercial centre of northern Peru. A city with a noisy busy, pushy vibe. Traffic moves very quickly and loudly around the city and the locals reciprocate. Chiclayo has a lack of tourists, which is strange as it's home to some of ...
We go in search of GOLD!
We took a cab from our hostel in Trujillo to catch the relatively local bus to Chiclayo, a mere matter of four hours travel. We were surprised to find the back doors of the cab coated in a shiny gold coloured material and joked with the driver about it ...
Cycling days 156-159: Macara to Chiclayo, Peru
... a day off, we decide to head out of the city as quickly as possible in order to regain our sanity. The outskirts of Chiclayo extends for many kilometers and there are no quiet campsites in sight…so we start asking schools if we can spend the ...
CONTINUING SOUTH
... stretches of coastal Peru is quite a change. The temperature is around 33 degrees Celsius-I am not complaining, just reporting. In Chiclayo there is nothing spectacular to do, so I try and get in 2 to 4 hours of walking a day. There are ...
Over the frontier
... dangerous towalk but as there were now 5 of us it didn't seem to be a problem. Caught another bus to a city called Chiclayo, which was a little better than Piura. There didn't seem much reason to hang around except that Iwas tired and wanted to do some ...
Jewels and tombs of the Moche culture - Sipan
... didn't have to wait long as a bus left about half an hour after we arrived at the terminal (Emptrafesa). Once we got into Chiclayo, we hoped in a cab and headed to Amigos hostel, which reputedly had hot showers and comfy beds - it did not disappoint! ...
Hidden treasures
... 1532, or later looted by grave robbers. However, some still remain and fine examples are exhibited in museums around the Chiclayo area which I was really looking forward to viewing! My first tour, again with a locally run company attracting mainly ...
2 steps away from Ecuador
... that makes you want to sing, but a place that makes you want to run. This maybe an unfair apraisal. All in all, Chiclayo was a rather nice place. It`probably didnt help that Peru`s independence day fell when we arrived. There`s something about flags ...
Chicas in Chiclayo
... !!! Tee hee I´m so naughty! Shy bairns get nowt that´s what my Nana taught me. Happy reading! We had finally arrived in Chiclayo and it was a bit of a surprise to say the least. I was expecting a fairly small and backward coastal town but what we ...
Culurele tussenstop
Nog niet op de helft van de vakantie maar al wel van land gewisseld. We zijn vandaag aangekomen in Chiclayo voor een culturele tussenstop. We bezoeken twee opgravingen in de buurt van Chiclayo. Het betreft oude steden (piramides) van een pre-incaans ...
Jobsworth and the Lord of Sipan
... return to the buzzing Chichlayo to eat. We find a locals restaurant where we try something new of my ´must eat in Peru list´, papa rellena. It´s a bit like a Cornish pastie, but wrapped in potato. Very much recommended, particularly with the spicy ...
Valley of the pyramids
... We were able to climb the hill and get a great view of the whole complex. Hope you are enjoying the culture! Bye for now! P.S. Chiclayo has a crazy number of taxis, if you pause at the side of the road for more than a second you get about 10 toots ...
Peru border and Desert
... , ears...everywhere. The prevailing winds so strong there is no vegetation at all. There were a total of 5 curves between Piura and Chiclayo, this is the straightest road we have seen since we left the U.S. It´s hard to believe but it was ...
Lambayeque
We stayed in this small town outside of Chiclayo in order to visit the Tombas Reales de Sipan and the museum containing the treasures. We went to the museum on the day we arrived and it was excellent. These royal tombs were discovered in 1987 when a ...
Chiclayo - Fabulous Gold Of Sipan - WOW
... from Birmingham 16 yrs ago and stayed - he organises great tours and knows so much about this area. This Northern section (Chiclayo, Trujillo & Huarez) are often not visited on the gringo circuit and missing this is missing some of the best things ...
Sipán
... ob die szene bis zu den festivals nach venedig gelangt, der regisseuer war anscheinend der beste von peru (was auch immer das heissen mag). chiclayo, erstmal zwei reinfaelle bei den ruinen in sipán, dann in túcume erlebt, hier gibt es gar ...
Quick stopover
... press. I also bought some socks after FINALLY throwing away a couple pairs that should've been tossed several cities ago. The Chiclayo market is also famous for the herbalist and brujo (witchdoctor) stalls that are in one corner of the market. ...
Chiclayo
... - a deserted beach town and saw the desert, milions of Pellicans and some blue footed boobies. The treip was only 30 mins from Chiclayo and it was a really nice trip. There was a pier there so long it took ages to walk along, there were also allarming ...
Chiclayo and Ferreñafe
... and it probably does. One of the best up to now with all the European luxuries (Sat TV, ensuite bathroom, breakfast,...a fan!). Chiclayo is a smaller town, with only about 250 thousand inhabitants, so its easy to walk around. However, as with all the ...
More ruins and underwear
... bit delicate that morning is to put it mildly, but I felt well enough to risk a three hour bus ride to Chiclayo. hindsight I probably should have stayed put for another day as when I arrived in Chiclayo the accommodation options were limited ...
A City Famous For Its Nearby Archaeological Sites
... Gran Hotel Chiclayo, Av. Federico Villarreal 115, Tel: (074) 234911, Web: www.granhotelchiclayo.com . This excellent hotel is Chiclayo’s finest, and offers everything that you’d expect from a top end hotel. All the rooms offer enclosed private ...
Mounds of sand and a great museum
... . It is a mystery why such a world class museum is located in this little place, rather than the metropolis of Chiclayo (largest city in Northern Peru), but I did read somewhere that this little place used to be more important than Chiclayo, which has now ...
Chiclayo
Bus to Chiclayo from Trujillo 12 SOL Not much to report Dodgy taxi driver The only gringo in ...
Mud Piles and a Museum
Big mud brick pyramids and a funky looking museum with lots of shiny stuff in it. Met some locals too which was nice. Off to Ecuador next. Got to get to the footie in ...
A swift stopover
... out the cards and had a few beers in the sun instead. We decided to save a bit of money and head back to Chiclayo in another collectivo. This time we got the royal treatment and got the 2 front seats of the mini bus. For around 30 ...
Chiclayo, Peru
... met de familie, fijn fijn.... Maandag ben ik het stilzitten dan eindelijk beu, en bezoek ik de verschillende kustdorpjes van Chiclayo. Eerst met de colectivo naar Pimentel, de grootste haven van Chiclayo. Dit is een redelijk groot visserdorpje met weer ...