We had an early start to catch our Linea bus to Trujillo about 3 hours away. We met the same American couple from the previous day at the bus station, except they were heading in the opposite direction. After a quick chat, we got into our respective lines. We were soon called to board the bus. We noticed our checked bags were not yet on our bus....

After our overnight bus trip from Chachapoyas to Chiclayo on the coast we were a bit tired but keen to check out the nearby archaeological sites. After finding out that we couldnīt prebook a bus ticket for later that day, we decided to keep our bags with us and caught a collectivo from Chiclayo to the town of Lambayeque where there are two excel...

Hello All! Greetings from hot and humid Peru! I have some wonderful news to share via this blog- as some of you may already know, Craig and I are engaged! He popped the question on March 1st and I happily accepted! For those of you romantically inclined readers I shall of course share the story with you. Those just interested in our where about ...

Well, it did look like today was going to be hell. Hell in the travelers world means delay, double bookings and cancellations. This Sunday started with an assortment of inconvenient things. My laundry didnīt arrive on time. And without a nice dry cleaned shirt I am not able to appear wrinkle free at the assembly. The day before I made them promi...

The last few days have been exactly what I needed. After leaving Cusco and traveling a great distance to get here (29 hours by bus) I feel as though I have reached my first guidepost. It seems that I am right on track. I feel like myself again in a way I had all but forgotten was possible for me. I am filled with inspiration and enthusiasm. I am...

We arrived in Huanchaco after we got a fit for leaving Lima all of a sudden, and it turned out to be a good move. Its a sleepy little fishing port North of Lima, which offers cheap leaving and plenty of good food for half the cost of what we were paying in Lima. The weather is a alot better too, and the surf even more accessible. Now, having sai...

Huanchaco is a chilledout little beach town just north of Trujillo. Trujillo is about 8 hours north of Lima and a semi-cama bus with Crus Del Sur cost us 60 Soles plus an extra 10 for caring the surfboards. The boards were in perfect condition when got to Trujillo. From trujillo to get to huanchaco a taxi costs from 10 to 15 Soles and takes abou...

A 2 night, 1 day stop in Huanchaco to see the Chan Chan mud city and the pyramids of the sun and moon. Not a lot remains of the largest mud city in the world though parts have been reconstructed with an outline of the Palace and some parts of the city now recognisable. The guide we had was rather knowledgable on the whole area, in fact way way t...

I made it to Trujillo, but it was a long trip. I turns out the 20th, the day I left Arequipa, was the day of a huelga. A huelga, for those of you who never got that important vocabulary word in your Spanish classes, is a strike. Itīs no small strike though and when you ask any Arequipeņo about it, they get all misty-eyed and tell how beautiful i...

Iīve just spent two days in Huanchaco, a small beach town stretching along several kilometers of gray sandy beaches. Itīs the kind of city that doesnīt really care what day of the week it is, as long as the surf is good. The water was damn cold, though, so I wussed out and refrained from surfing lessons and whatnot; there are also these very uni...