La Casa Suiza Trujillo

To get to Hu*nch*co, we got * t*xi from our lovely hostel in Vilc*b*mb* *t 9pm on 17 July, h*ving done our cow-full hike e*rlier th*t d*y. The driver drove us to Loj* bus termin*l like *n *bsolute m*ni*c, *nd m*de the journey *ll the more eventful by fighting with the c*r in front - horn beeping, repe*ted overt*king, *nd *ngry gesticul*tions *plenty. Once there we w*ited *round for *n hour or so, *ccomp*nied by * shifty loitering urchin, then got on the bus. Before bo*rding we were subject to...

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, which is the largest of the three sights, bought our tickets then went on a wander. Essentially itīs just a lot of eroded sand walls, corridors and wide open spaces. Some areas have been reconstructed to a certain extent, yet as with Huaca del Sol y Luna there is such a lot of scaffolding around the place that itīs really not too photogenic. A lot of imagination was needed ...

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 heaps of various rubbish, a dead dolphin. We decided to high tail it out of there to the next nice beach. It meant another night bus after we had ju...

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 al bij al viel de nachtbus heel goed mee. Eveneens de grensovergang was een makkie (duur: 15 min), buiten de grenswacht in Peru die niet wakker te k...

If relaxing in the mountains last week wasn't enough we are at it again, this time by the beach. We finally have the sun and the surf and are taking full advantage. There doesn't seem to be many others partaking in this pastime though because on the first day in Huanchaco we were the only people on the beach! It was a Sunday afternoon as well! We had a pleasant 6 hour bus ride to Trujillo, and found the outlying fishing village of Huanchaco with relative ease. When walking through the bus sta...

Make sure to check out Andrea's Travel Blog for more stories and photos of our trip! Dead dolphins and used condoms After visiting Lima, we had our hopes set high hearing the promise of a beach in Huanchaco which sounded like a nice place to catch up on some needed rest. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a disappointment. We arrived on yet another night bus, tired as usual. It was a dark and overcast day. The hotel, Casa Suiza, was supposed to be one of the best around and our LP guidebook r...

okay photo time! will try to do this in chronological order!

Huanchaco Plan: Go to coast, enjoy the sun, learn surfing for a couple of days, move on. Reality: Go to coast, no sun, learn surfing for maximum 45 minutes in the water, visit more ruins, move on. We signed up for some surfing lessons despite the fact that there was no sun in sight and all the locals were wearing coats because it was so cold! Fortunately it included wetsuits and we spent the 1st hour on the beach being show the technique and practicing it. We did both managed to stand up thou...