Peregrino Trujillo

... day we visited Trujillo and the Chan Chan ruins (Chimu civilisation), which pre date the Inca´s by hundreds of yrs. Awe inspiring to see these places and imagine what it must have been like to live during those times. We also visited Las Huacas del Sol y de la luna - pyramids or rather temples of the sun and moon, which stem back to another civilisation called Moche (0-700 AD). Not so keen on these dudes though. There seemed to be a lot of human sacrifices going down on a ...

... of things. In general they seemed to represent earth, sea and sky. The numbers 7 and 4 were also quite significant. Something to do with the lunar calendar. <br><br>There were a great many ladies slapping mud on the ruins, apparently keeping them in full working order for our viewing pleasure. The men didn&#8217;t get involved in this, our guide told us, they only do the archaeology. Something to do ...

... of a sudden it tugged. I´ve never caught a fish before in my life, and didn´t know what to do, so I tugged back. It tugged again so I began to reel my line in by hand pulling back and forth as I did so. <br><br>Jesus! Gringo catches the fish! The fish flapped in terror as I tugged it up to my face level for a trophie photo and Nicki went to get the lady to get her bucket. Good fishing! the lady admired as my head swelled to the size of a football. Gringo catches the fish!

... the bus termial and dumped my bags in storage so I didnt have to cart my sh*t around all day. I then got a bus to another one of these Huaca things that was included in the Chan Chan ticket. Same as the other really, nothing to exciting.<br>I headed back into Trujillo and had a quick look at the city centre. The main plaza was beautiful, and if I had known I might have stayed in trujillo instead, because Huanchaco wasnt the best, unless you like to surf. I dont know what it is ...

... Moche civilisation. We explored 1 temple (of which there are many) which was 11 hectares big! Again, loads of impressive carvings in the wall all telling a story - mostly about fishing and the sea.<br><br>After that it was back to Huanchaco for a beautiful sunset before bundling back onto a night bus and heading further up the coast to Mancora for a few days of R&amp;R (we are still stiff and sore from the manual labour!)<br><br><br><br><br>

... gracias' and they laughed but then said in a low voice we could avoid the violation if we just gave them the money. I said we could only give them 400 soles and they agreed to let us go without the violation. Afraid we would be taken for this ride down the road, we decided our next stop would be an insurance agency.<br><br>Annette convinced us that the best thing to do was get ...

... became water-logged and their crops failed. The Chimu people rose in the Moche's place and were then victims of El Nino themselves several hundred years later and were conquered by the Inca. Their capital was once covered in glittering gold and towering temples, but all that this gone now (the Spanish being especially thorough in search of treasure) and the remains of the city, millions of mud bricks, are slowly melting back into the sand.<br><br>That is, of course, with the exception of the ...

... a Michael Jackson concert playing, but loved it slightly less when I soon realised that the driver was spending about a third of his time watching the screen rather than the road! Once there, the driver waited as we went on a tour of the temples.<br><br>We purchased our tickets, and as the English-speaking guide was busy for the next 15 minutes, we amused ourselves taking photos of the Peruvian hairless dogs who were wandering about ...

... tad tired and grumpy. <br>Joining forces with an english couple we met at the bus station, the four of us went on the hunt around town for a bed (luckily didnt take too long), and due to our differing budgets ended up staying in different hostels. <br>Nevertheless the town was not that large, and there was not all that much to do, so we managed to waste away the day visiting the toy museum and making some guacamole and drinking ...

... with him. I kind of felt sorry for the horse just standing there with a ridiculous hat on its back &#8211; reminded of me when I was a child being forced to keep quiet and to wear something that I didn&#8217;t particularly wanted to wear. <br><br>Huanchaco is fishing and surfing village with hotels, guest houses and restaurants. It&#8217;s famous for its unique narrow pointed reed fishing rafts, known as caballitos (little horses) de totora, made of ...