Another long day travelling on a bus(9 hours) brought us to another beach town of Huanchaco. This was another big surfing town where the swell was much bigger than in Mancora. Unfortunately I didn`t get a chance to go surfing as we decided to get a half day tour to the largest Pre-Colombian city in South America, Chan Chan. This huge city, much ...

I spent a few days in Quito and met my friend Mauricio . He is an Andean Musician and he and 10 ther very well known musicians from Central and South America, Cuba had a concert at the teatro Sucre, it was incredible show! I picked my mother up in guayacil on the 14th and we made our way to mancora. The surf was small, expensive and we didnt rea...

Photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=4 5713&l=c6a81&id=551865803 Thurs 3 April We were collected at 8am this morning and driven to Huaca de la Luna where we walked around on the 5th floor (top) of an adobe pyramid. It is being excavated but we could see some intricate detail on the walls which were buried. Amazing colours. The i...

Hola from Peru! It has been a long time since I last posted anything on this blog. It wasn't that I didn't have anything to say- its just there was not much time to write! I really enjoyed my time at home. It was nice to see all my friends and family and spend some quality time with them in Minnesota! Also Craig came to Minnesota for almost five...

Yeah, finally a beach!!! But sunchasers my ****, it was cloudy.... Huanchaco is a seaside village just 12km outside of Trujillo (which isn´t too great - not much to do), its famous for the fishing boats which are handmade out of reeds into small canoes which the fishermen surf back to shore in. They decorate the stretch of beach & when the men a...

Up at 5.15 and headed to Lord Sipan Museum where Juice (our guide) had arranged an English speaking guide for us ... however, in true S American form .... they had cocked up and she had the joy of translating for us while the Spanish lady guide waffled on for 2 and a half hours!! Bless her! We saw lots and lots of pre-Inca culture artefacts and ...

Huanchaco Plan: Go to coast, enjoy the sun, learn surfing for a couple of days, move on. Reality: Go to coast, no sun, learn surfing for maximum 45 minutes in the water, visit more ruins, move on. We signed up for some surfing lessons despite the fact that there was no sun in sight and all the locals were wearing coats because it was so cold! Fo...

Se onnistui! Takana kahdeksan päivän onnistunut Galapagos-risteily. Kauniit saareet ja mielettömästi eläimiä. Paljon snorklausta, patikointia, hyvää ruokaa ja lepoa. Ei voi valittaa (kerrankin)! Mahtava paikka - mietinkin risteilyn alussa että josko muuttaisin sinne ja aloittaisin uuden elämän esimerkiksi merileijonana. Örisisin päivät pitkät bi...

Hello, Spent the last couple of days staying in Huanchaco a small beach-side town about 20 minutes away from Trujillo in a place called Casa Suiza. The beach here was lovely and stretched as far as the eye could see in both directions. In fact the first day we tried to walk to either end of it......about 1 hour in either direction from the town ...

4 hours from Chiclayo (bus followed by taxi) was the beach resort Huanchaco where the surfers seemed to rule. This was a great place to chill out and enjoy the seaside whilst being close to the ruins of Chan Chan and the Huacas of the Moon and Sun. We thought about staying arounf here for a few days, walk the beach, see the historical sites and ...