Casa Hospedaje Los Ficus de Huanchaco

We arrived into Trujillo very early in the morning, and managed to get ourselves onto a collective headed for the beach town of Huanchaco. Our plan was to chill here for a few days, on the beach, soak up some sun and relax. <br>Unfortunately, it was cold and gray and cloudy, and the town was deserted :(<br>We wandered around for a bit, took in the sights (there was a church), and made the decision pretty quickly to leave the following day and move ...

... collectivo genomen. De bus nemen is hier een avontuur op zich, aangezien de controleur ongeduldig is en de mensen amper tijd hebben om in- of uit te stappen. De collectivo`s (kleine busjes) daarentegen, zaten overvol met de lokale bevolking. De site was zeker de moeite waard, aangezien het de rijke geschiedenis weerspiegelde van de Moche-cultuur in Peru. Hier waren 2 tempels te zien en het dorpje tussen de tempels, waar de Moche beschaving woonde, de tempel van de ...

... the better of the two buses, with a loo (in case!) and went back to huanchaco for the day...! we watched teh school parade around the plaza de armas first though (and it wasnt even sunday!)<br><br>Taxi drivers keep trying it on here, and asking for more than teh agreed price whe it comes to paying, until they realise they are messing with the wrong person (in the wrong mood!) LOL! I am just like mum in that respect, I dont like being messed about...!<br><br>Al was hungry, so he ...

... no photos allowed, but some pretty cool stuff. And worth the stop seen as it was on my way to Chan Chan.<br>I got back to Chiclayo and took a bus to Trujillo which is near the ruins of Chan Chan, which I have also seen on this documentary. It was the largest mud brick city in the world, and has some ingenious designs to keep the city cool, deliver water, etc. I dont know how these people were able to figure all this stuff out. I mean look at how stupid some people are ...

Oh hai! (Bit of a lolcats reference there for all you internet geeks)<br><br>So.... Onwards! Now I have a short timeframe, with only three months to go, I have decided to get a move on. So I jumped on a night bus to Trujillo, which is back on the coast south of the dreaded Chiclayo. The bus journey, as per usual, was rather grim and uncomfortable and totally lacking in sleep. When I arrived in Trujillo with my bleary eyes I was greeted by a crowd of about ten taxi drivers ...

... br><br>From the Sipan site, I get in my hired taxi and head for the town of Lambayeque and the first Sipan museum. The burial mounds are 30 km southeast of Chiclayo and Lambayeque is 10 km northwest. My bus arrived too late for me to get on the day's tours (if there were any, Chiclayo is refreshingly free of tourists) and public transit to the sites is sparse and purportedly dangerous, as is wandering the sites alone. Add to this that I had no where to store my bag for the day and hiring ...

... tickets for an 8.30pm bus, but that at present there was no guarantee that the strike would be over by then. Settling on this option, we checked in our luggage and began a lengthy wander to the centre of Trujillo (the terminal is on the outskirts). Getting lost several times, and walking through some rather dodgy and run-down areas, we soon came across a huge crowd of taxi drivers at a roundabout, as well as hoardes of buses, taxis and other vehicles, all daubed with anti-government ...

... driver w*s * despic*ble individu*l, ugly *nd sly with * ho*rse thro*t c*ncer voice. H*ving set off into the quite fr*nkly ment*l tr*ffic, he then *sked if we needed to ch*nge *ny doll*rs into Peruvi*n soles. We s*id no, thinking we could do so l*ter on. Completely ignoring this, the driver (*fter some of the most outr*geously d*ngerous driving I h*ve ever seen) suddenly c*me to * h*lt 5 minutes l*ter in * r*ndom side-street *nd *ll of * sudden * sw*rm of neon-vested men ...

... nd hid behind my menu, no th*t they would h*ve remembered me but *pp*rently they were more sc*red of meeting us th*n vice vers*. Went home *nd w*tched *b it of telly, it w*s the morning of the Air Fr*nce Dis*ster (i fly from rio...gulp) but there w*s more cover*ge of sus*n boyle not winning x f*ctor...<br><br>I sh*ll return shortly to tell you how my 3 d*y´s worth big grocery shopping expedition went l*ter...<br><br><br>cliffh*nger or wh*t????<br><br>Ci*o<br><br>Me x<br><br>