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Huanchaco Slideshow
Huanchaco
Travel Blogs from Huanchaco, Peru
Chan Chan
... vultures! On a side-note, after our wave-riding revelry in Ecuador, Andy and I had had aspirations of surfing in Huanchaco, given the misleading impression espoused by guidebooks that it would be another Montañita. Incorrect. It was quite cold most ...
Strange town
... the rest of the day apart from swing in the hammock and try and keep warm. Yes the desert was freezing. Apparently Huanchaco was having freakishly cold weather like never before. The following day we headed to the nearby Chan Chan ruins which were built ...
Quick post
... I had never seen such a landscape! Right so we are staying in a town a few miles north of Trujillo- called Huanchaco. Its a beach town- very relaxing and nice little town to be in for a few week or so. We arrived on the ...
How I like to party!
... the hotel (wrecked is probably the most fitting adjective here). If only it was so simple. The hotel is locked and they are not opening the door. Strange. Oh well only one thing for it. The beach is the bed for what remains of the night. Welcome to ...
Surfing in Huanchaco
... gut andere wiederum ok und dann gibts natürlich auch nen paar Anfänger die ihr Glück versuchen.... Tja nach einem Tag in Huanchaco dachte ich mir versuch ich doch auch mal mein Glück....ich hab also einen Surflehrer für 2 Tage gebucht und mir ein ...
Downtime
Huanchaco is a surfing/fishing town just outside Trujillo so we tried a bit of surfing. We rented boards off some old friendly guy who used to be a champion surfer and had lots of trophies - so we called him poppa surf. It didn´t go all that well ...
El Brujo
This morning we left and moved on to a newish sight, that of El Brujo. We say newish because it has been around a long time, but they have only opened a Royal tomb to the public since 2006. This sight consists of 3 Pyramids, Huaca Prieta, which is ...
Relaxing by the beach at last!
... was a Sunday afternoon as well! We had a pleasant 6 hour bus ride to Trujillo, and found the outlying fishing village of Huanchaco with relative ease. When walking through the bus station, Steve was confused as to why all the waiting taxi touts were ...
Huanchaco
... was the way it was she said they did not know! There must have been some theories but not according to her. You come to Huanchaco because it is a beach resort but there was no sun and because it is winter most of the resort is shut - a very happening ...
Huaca del Sol y Huaca del Luna
... so we just got our driver to take a few photos of us before hopping back into the taxi and leaving for Huanchaco. Incidentally, on the main road back while bombing along at about 70mph, there was suddenly a loud bang and crash noise on the ...
Huanchaco
The Nothern Andean Highlands took a toll on my mind, body, and spirit. Arriving in Huanchaco, I was exhausted and sick. I could think of nothing but watching the sunset over the Peruvian Pacific after a long day of surfing. Huanchaco has been ...
Story time
... heart wrenching story I have a more uplifting one! Craig proposed to me the night of March 1st on the beach in Huanchaco, Peru. We had spent the day surfing or well at least attempting and I was exhausted. The Dutch girls that were ...
Journey to Huanchaco, via cretinous Piura
... , the bloke mentioning something about not accepting them. Thinking nothing of it, I changed a $10 bill instead, later discovering in Huanchaco that I was the proud owner of a badly forged and worthless $20 bill. I'm convinced this sneaky bastard was ...
Learning Spanish (at last!)
... isles (and I mean isles) in the local market and proceeded to buy 40 bananas (I counted!!!) in four different varieties. As I mentiond, Huanchaco is a surfing village, so anxious to at least look the part of someone who knows what he's up to, I hired a ...
Last visit
... very windy - making it almost impossible to sleep. All in all it was a 'CRAZY' few days!!! CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!! We arrived back in Huanchaco at about 5pm - not leaving Fleur and I much time to prepare for a cocktail party that night, which I was invited ...
A Chearful Fishing Village Known For Its Surfing
... a party Hostal/Hospedaje with a bar, then look elsewhere. Budget It’s hard to recommend other Budget hotels in Huanchaco, as I couldn’t pick a single fault with Casa De Reposo El Boqueron for only 10 soles night. Hostal Naylamp, Av. ...
Chan Chan & Huanchaco Tourism Day
... that was, but I just focused on it being a really long time ago. - Headed to Huanchaco for a three course meal & Cusqena beers (best in Peru) at Otra Cosa and restocked some SKIP jewelry & purse products that had sold that ...
Beach bums
Heading north through Peru we stopped at the ruins of Sechin and Paramonga - mud settlements made by the Chimu kings of old. Then onto the coast for 3 nights at the beach where Jo and I went surfing for the afternoon amidst lounging around reading and ...
The Huanchaco Effect
It was really nice returning home to Huanchaco. The packages Mum had sent me were waiting when I got back. I put the Tim Tam's in the fridge and enjoyed one with my tea every few nights. Najin was away doing a tour of the Otra Cosa projects around Peru, ...
Apukuskin avoin kirje
Hyvä kuljettaja, Bussinne kaartaa kurveissa kahdella renkaalla. Teille soveltuva ammatti ei ole bussikuski, vaan rallikuski. Uskon, että olisitte arvokas lisä mille tahansa tallille. Voisitteko ajaa hieman hitaampaa. Tämä pätee erityisesti ...
Waves and ruins....
... one's confidence and 'wave sense' disappears. I took the opportunity to go and see some of the ancient sites around Trujillo and Huanchaco, particularly Chan Chan. This is the largest adobe city in the world and the scale of the ruins is staggering ...
Peruvian Beaches
... it was because of the upcoming elections (ninth of April)but the lady said no, it is always like this. Got to Huanchaco, a little beach town early morning on the second of April. the weather, unfortunately was not sunny but the temperature felt ...
Culture and Cocktails
Just outside the small fishing village of Huanchaco are some Chimu and Moche ruins called Chan Chan (named after the Peruvian love of Jackie Chan films), so we thought we´d have a day of culture and check them out. We met a Polish chap who was staying at ...
Back for a few days
... was that Tom, Simon and I were all leaving the next day.....and we have now all put off our departure by a day - 'The Huanchaco Effect'. Somewhere in there we also had a Dutch Pancake Night. Fleur and Laura cooked us pancakes with all sorts of toppings: ...
Dead dolphins and used condoms
... trip! Dead dolphins and used condoms After visiting Lima, we had our hopes set high hearing the promise of a beach in Huanchaco which sounded like a nice place to catch up on some needed rest. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a ...
Back to Huaraz and on to Chan Chan
... fine. I was actually quite tired and slept very well, considering I was on a Peruvian bus!!!! The next day made my way to Huanchaco, and after finding the Neylamb hostel, which was 12soles, not the 10 I had been told, but did have a kitchen set up in ...
Adobe City
... reed kayaks. The seafood in Huanchaco was very fresh and I had some excellent meals there. In particular, my Rough Guide recommended 'Huanchaco Beach Restaurant' as having some of the best seafood in the world. We went for lunch and I ate a fantastic ...
Surf's up
... to My Friend as I fancied trying out the breakfast. We decided to take a bed each as I wanted to stay a little longer in Huanchaco as there was a festival at the weekend... and it was too relaxing to leave. Amber found us in the restaurant and it seemed ...