La Casa Suiza Trujillo
Los Pinos 451 Huanchaco, Huanchaco Trujillo, Peru
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Journey to Huanchaco, via cretinous Piura
To get to Huanchaco, we got a taxi from our lovely hostel in Vilcabamba at 9pm on 17 July, having done our cow-filled hike earlier that day. The driver drove us to Loja bus terminal like an absolute maniac, making the journey all the more eventful by fighting with the car in front, horn beeping, repeated overtaking, and angry gesticulations aplenty …
Chan Chan
Today we went to visit Chan Chan, the ruins of the capital city of the Chimu empire. We got a taxi to the Nik An palace, the largest of the three sights, bought our tickets then went on a wander. Essentially it's just a load of eroded sand walls, corridors and wide open spaces. Some areas have been reconstructed to a certain extent, yet as with …
Surf, sand, and a whole lot of sun!
Dead set on wanting to be at a nice beach for my birthday, we spent only about 8 hours in Huanchaco. Our plans to stay quickly unraveled after our hotel, Casa Suiza, which was raved about in the Lonely Planet, turned out to be a dive. A walk on the beach did not make us yearn for any more of this place. As we walked along the coast we saw, amidst …
Bienvenidos Peru
Seņoritas y Seņores, bienvenidos a Peru!
Na 20u op de bus en 26u onderweg, zijn we aangekomen in Huanchaco, Peru. Het paradijs voor menig surfers en zonnekloppers.... Voor ons is het eveneens een verademing na zoveel uurtjes op de bus te vertoeven en na het Andes avontuur. Het waren zware uren van Cuenca, Ecuador naar Huanchaco, Peru, maar …
Beach break
On the nightbus we bumped into the same English couple that we met in Quito, Christian and Suzie, so on arriving we dumped our bags and went straight on a tour to see the ruined city of Chan Chan. It dates back to 1100AD and was eventually incorporated into the Inca Empire. It was really interesting to take a walk around the fascinating ruins, …


