Después de un viaje de 16 horas, ya estamos en tierras Peruanas y hacemos nuestra primera parada en Chiclayo para visitar el museo de las tumbas del señor de Sipán, sonde dentro de un edificio de forma pirmidal te explican la forma de vida de tres generaciones de los mochica (habitantes del Perú entre el siglo I y VIII). After 16 hours, we are i...

Trujillo and the north North Peru does not have the international clamour that the Inca rich south has, but this is a shame because the north is really interesting. We were rushing through it but what we saw impressed me as being more interesting (and certainly better presented) than the more famous southern archaeological sites. Chan Chan The m...

There is more to Peruvian archeology than Incas! Along the northern coast of Peru, the primary pre-Incan civilization was the Moche. Moche settlements were located in each of the river valleys draining the eastern Andes, and were separated by wide expanses of desert. The Moche built large pyramids made of adobe, where they conducted rituals, bur...

The first part of the day at the Museum of the Lords of Sipan was great, it is a superb collection and extremely well presented. The traditional reed boats which the fishermen take out over scary looking surf were quite a sight as well. The second half was a bit of a surprise - you do not normally expect to be told when checking in to a hotel th...

Hola Dears, I am using an airport Internet shop for this email. We are currently (hence airport) on our way back from the Amazonian Jungle to Northern Peru, more specifically - the city of Chiclayo. Here, (almost in brief) our adventures of the past few days - Jungle, Here we come (27/Sep): We left Cuzco by flight to a town named Puerto Maldonan...

Curled up in a ball again for yet another overnight journey - managing to grab a few hours sleep but I don´t find it easy. Sometimes feels that most of this trip is one long bus journey. Lovely flat road this time, straight up the coast so we made the most of it. Arrived in Trujillo first thing in the morning but we´ll save the exploring till ne...

Back on the Bus for a long trip heading south along the Coast to the city of Chiclayo. Stace is traveling along for part of the trip then heading off into the highlands, or so he says. I'd think it'd be tough going back to the cold weather after being at the beach. Not the best Bus and we agree that extra seats have been added for some reason, m...

Day 265 Friday 22/07/05 Cusco - Lima - Chiclayo Yuk - 5.45am taxi to the airport. We flew with TANS who unlike the press they get were fine. We arrived in Lima and headed to the Hostal España again to dump our bags - Lima is still grey. Hostal España was where we first stayed in Lima and they`d be good if they could teach the reception staff how...

well, that's a long time since I last wrote here, so I'll make it short so i can get to the more interesting stuff (trujillo and huaraz). in chiclayo we stayed 3 days. the first day we went to a glorified museum nearby. the artifacts there are from an exhibition of a culture called 'Moche' if i remember right, but that doesn't matter a lot becau...

I was sorry to leave Baños, that is, when I was able to. Road blockades delayed my departure so I missed travelling part of the way to Cuenca on the famous train from Riobamba, the ´El Nariz de Diablo´. Who wants to travel on the devil´s nose anyway, he probably doesn´t keep it too clean. I arrived in Cuenca in the pouring rain, and so it contin...