Peru so far...

Hi people,

After our 8 days in Lobitos, we decided to go a bit further south and catch some waves around Chicama and Pacasmayo (8 hours North of Lima). But, first, we wanted to spend one good night with a hot shower, so we made a stop in Trujillo. I (Marie) was still trying to recover from a food intoxication I had with a fish dish two days ago, so I was really anticipating a bumpy bus ride, but all was fine, although I ended up on a white rice and coca-cola diet for the following 3 days… Anyway, Trujillo is a nice city; we did the basic walking around (Plaza de Armas, Mercado central…). It is the city where the Spanish and Pizzaro first arrived to in Peru, so it has a lot of colonial Spanish style buildings, all with different bright colors. From Trujillo we took another bus to Chicama, where we stayed only one day and one night: the swell was too small for Chicama to be pumping, but we got a taste of what it could be like! Simon ate the best ceviche hehad so far in Peru, while I watched him, furious, with my rice and coca-cola… The next day, we took another bus to Pacasmayo this time, a fishing town a little bit further north than Chicama, it is said to be more consistent. Once there the swell was also very small, we took a keep cool approach to the day, walking around town, lots of internet, and decided it was the best time to go explore the mountains of Peru. We decided that we were not going to go to Cuzco and the Machu-Pichu because it takes a lot of time and money, instead we went to Kuelap, the ancient village of the Chachapoyas people (the people of the clouds), and it was amazing, but more on this in our next update.

We hope you enjoy the blog and our trip so far!

Suerte to all of you as we say in Peru!

Marie

Pizarro Av., Trujillo

Plaza de Armas, Trujillo

Chicama

Chicama

Chicama