El Gran Marquez Hotel & Spa
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Le nord du Perou
... les villages que nous traversons semblent bien demunis.
Prets a ressortir une autre boite de thon, nous trouvons un restaurant au milieu de nulle part, ou nous sommes tres bien accueillis avec le fameux menu du jour, plutot mieux que d'habitude: ces pays sont surprenants et pleins de ressources inattendues.
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Surf's up, dude!
... in Huanchaco was zeker de moeite. De pelikanen die langs het water zaten lieten zich graag fotograferen, maar die beesten zijn echt gigantisch.
Omdat we Francesco, de surfer dude, best wel cool vonden, vroegen we hem of we de dag erop een surfles konden krijgen. Om 15u waren de beste golven, dus we bereidden ons mentaal voor. Niet onze vriend, maar zijn broer (?) Angel stond ons op te wachten. Zijn Engels was gelukkig ...
Hasty Huanchaco
... used to live here.
Just as the sun is setting we load back into the taxis and head back to the hostel at Huanchaco for a couple of hours of rest & relaxation then we head out for dinner with Daniela. However, she didn't mention that it was the same slow place we went for breakfast, but as its late we all go. We order our food and are entertained by a local musician playing guitar & panpipes, at the same time singing some local Peruvian and South American ...
Trujillo, Huanchaco and Chan Chan
... daily bus, so we had no choice. Sometimes we donīt get bus schedules here. Some connections often last only 5 or 6 hours, but to many places there are just overnight buses. So very often you reach your final destination at 3 am, tired, without any accommodation… it just sucks. We do not understand who those connections are for, and what's the advantage. There is no advantage for us. However, in Peru, but also earlier in Bolivia, we sometimes could not avoid these ...
Chan-Chan
... the time. Bummer. Watch Apocalypto for more historically accurate commentary.
The decorations engraved in the walls suggest a very talented, intelligent, if spiritually misguided race. Four entrances into the palace for the cycle of the moon. A series of four steps in the walls to represent the tides. Perfectly sculptured diamond shapes to reference the fish nets. Animals, rainbows, mythical creatures and ...