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Surfer dude
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In what may turn out to be a rash decision, and one which i know many of you will be inconsolable about, i have cut my hair.. The end of the flowing golden locks! In the meantime, B managed to get her legs waxed - apparently standing in the middle of the salon, with numerous onlookers, using recycled wax, and with a skirt around her waist, wasn't the pampered experience she was used to..
Anyway, finally we depart Ecuador, and head into the Peruvian desert. After 33 hrs, and 4 different buses, we arrived in the surf hotspot of Huanchaco. Deciding a few days of beachtime R & R were in order, we planned to learn to surf while we we were there - somehow the mañana mentality pervaded the scene, and we never quite got around to it!
The most active we got in our five days there was a visit to Chan Chan - the largest pre-Columbian city in Sth America, and a pretty impressive effort, too. We were very excited to hear crowded house on the stereo at the entrance - however, explaining to a shopkeeper that this music was from our country was met with distinct lack of interest... While we were there, archaeologists were uncovering parts of the city - impressive to see the care that they take over the detail - tiny paintbrushes clearing away dirt - amazing when you realize how long this must have taken them to get this far! The site was hugely impressive, and we visited around 1/8th of what it originally was! Pretty cool to see how many people lived in what is a fairly inhospitable desert environment..
Not much more to report.. a few days in the sun, many ceviches, lots of reading, and a wee bit of spanish learning filled our days extremely nicely, before heading south.
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