Hostal La Rivera Huanchaco

... er megalekker (ontbijt, lunch, dinner) + goedkoop. Nadat we ons hadden opgefrist (geen overbodige luxe na zolang te reizen :-)), zijn we naar een restauantje (My friend) geweest, waar het 2 euro was voor een spaghetti (keuze uit 15 soorten), lookbrood en een frisdrank. Dit is gewoon the place to be voor bourgondiërs :-) <br><br>Woensdag zijn we de archeologische site Huaca de la luna en Huaca de La sol gaan bezoeken in Trujillo. We hebben daarvoor een lokale bus en ...

... main guy had been buried (his name escapes me) and the smaller tombs were filled with things for his afterlife... lots of treasure...!<br><br>On our way out, a group of school children were on their way on, very cute, but glas we went when we did...! - we are running slightly short on time left in peru, so have decided to get the night bus out tonight (2 in a row, with a dodgy tummy...!) in order to have some relaxed time on hte beach resort of mancora in the north, ear the border... we ...

... nearby opened at about 8.30. Probably not the best thing to have to do considering I was still in a sooky mood, and for the first time, if you had probably given me a plane ticket home, at that point I probably would have taken it. Silly I know, because since that low point has lifted, and hey, Allan arrives in a few more days, and some crazy times lay ahead!<br>I had a coffee to warm up (freezing in the desert at night) and check some emails before heading into the museum ...

... quiet but pretty seaside town. The pier almost made it seem like England but the **** arcades weren't there. A few drinks later and it was off to bed for a well earnt lie-in. <br><br>After our vague attempt at performing a Western Union Transaction for what we are hoping will be our trek to Machu Picchu, it was off to the ancient Chimu city of Chan Chan. It's amazing that it was the captial of the Chimu's from the 9th Century till the Inca's ...

... also 7ft tall so we thought he may be able to protect us from the muggings that are known to happen at these places. Anyway, off we toddle each reciting facts we have read about these ruins, only to arrive and find that it is basically a giant sand castle. Slightly dissapointed we agree to pay for an English guide to tell us all about it, it is the temple of the sun for the Chimu and Moche people who ruled before the Inca´s. Once we stepped inside it was pretty ...

... or Colombia. <br><br>When I went on the tour to Cumbe Mayo from Cajamarca there were some indigenous people that live on the land (and off the tourists) that were in traditional dress and had lambs and alpacas and stuff to pose for photos for a small tip. This made me feel really uncomfortable... they're people, right? And this is not a zoo. But the Peruvians I was with seemed (to me, at least) very disrespectful and were playing with their hats and making silly ...

... like doing that (just like I don't like when the book say it's a two hour bus ride and it's actually four) I found a friendly middle-aged taxi driver (endorsed by a female attendant) and asked him to find me a hotel. We had to try several, but finally found one with a room, though I balked at the $20 price. I haven't paid more than $10 since...well...since I was in Africa. But it was a nice room and it was safe (several good people of Chiclayo had been concerned that I would travel in ...

... t. The hair, the body, the clothes, the languid gait, the constant wearing of shades (even at night). I'm starting to feel a little self-conscious, out of place and very very English. <br><br> Having said that, Huanchaco is a great place to hang out for a couple of days. My time in Peru is almost up and I wanted to just laze around for a couple of days before going back to Lima for my flight. A few days by the Pacific, up to my ...

... took ages to arrive, but was very tasty. After this I went to a money exchange and was informed that my $20 note was indeed a fake - bloody neon-clad Piura money vultures!<br><br>On a side-note, Me and Andy had had aspiration of surfing in Huanchaco, given the misleading impression by guidebooks that it would be another Montañita. Incorrect. It was quite cold most of the time, and we had no inclination to surf. It was also a very quiet place, evidenced ...

... of nice restaurants to waste our money in.<br><br>Then another bus journey, only 6 hours to the city of Trujillo on the north coast of Peru. Not the most interesting city we have visited so we decided to stay in the little seaside resort of Huanchaco 12km from Trujillo.<br><br ...