Gran Chiclayo

... as many people as possible. In chief's relief and hurry to get on when enquiring as to cost, mishead the guys saying one sole each (about 25p) and offers him 10 for the four of us. As we can see chief bartering skills are coming on leeps and bounds, either that or his maths is shocking. Anyway out of that and back for more cocktails in town. That was pretty much it, a little whip around the market in the morning and onto Huanchaco....

... stomach laughing his head off! We all stand there slightly baffled and unsure what is so funny. It transpires that Al looks nothing like a doctor and although the guard wrote down his age, he clearly looks too young...as the guard wrote down that he was a student. I also get student by my name, he does not even ask me my profession. When it comes to Phil and Alex, he believes that they are professional and can pass for doctors, despite being the ...

We got up the next morning here in Chiclayo and Andy’s GI tract had improved dramatically-although mine began to rumble. Spending a year and a half mostly traveling through the developing world has given Eric and I a much greater appreciation for Pepto Bismol. Andy and I were both doing ok though, so we headed to el Mercado de los Brujos, or the Witch Market. It took a little while to find the witch doctors as they were hidden deeper in the market ...

After flying back to Lima we were keen on getting up to Ecuador as quickly as possible. While originally we had planned on taking a bus straight to Tumbes for the crossing, we instead ended up at the Chaparri Reserve in northern Peru. The Chaparri Reserve is a community-owned and run reserve (i.e., not government) that protects some dry-forest and a bunch of unique Tumbesian region animals and plants. The Tumbesian Dry-Forest is an endangered ...

... it seemed, we started just walking down the highway... We walked past the demonstration, which I filmed a little bit on the sly as we walked by, and after half an hour or so, we met up with another combi on the other side which we boarded and charged us 2 soles (under 1USD) to get into town. We also had to take several side ways, but eventually, finally got there. Now here I am, killing a bit of time at ...

... Lord of Sipan rests and all that good stuff. New museum that was opened earlier this year, and it was cool to see the actual digging sites... I'm really tired, so that's all you get today, sorry! I think I'm finally leaving for Mancora tomorrow night, haha..

... with some attractive pieces of pottery. They also built flat-topped pyramids on which they worshipped their gods and had human sacrifices. Also visited a few of the museums displaying their precious artifacts. Tomorrow on to Trujillo.

... Starboard side, the sand etching itīs way into our eyes, mouth, 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. Itīs hard to believe but it was a nice change. It gave me a chance too allow my thoughts to drift...........