Gone chillin’ in Huanchaco
After a couple of nights in Trujillo we headed to the small beach town of Huanchaco. This is a perfect spot along the northern Peruvian coast where to recharge for […]
After a couple of nights in Trujillo we headed to the small beach town of Huanchaco. This is a perfect spot along the northern Peruvian coast where to recharge for […]
We rarely think of what and who was in South America before the Incas. Certainly there (and with what a presence!) was Chan Chan, the largest pre-Columbian city on the continent, “a […]
Trujillo was stuck in my brain because of Mario Vargas Llosa’s novel characters, with the familiar theme of ‘cerranos’ and ‘costenos’ at times slipping in this city on the northern […]
The much bigger Chiclayo did not feel like a temporary home so we decided to spend the week of our Spanish classes in Pimentel, about 10 km away from the […]
Setting aside the time to visit Leymebamba was one of our best decisions. The township in the rolling mountains of northern Peru is surrounded by vast fertile grounds and lies […]
First, a long narrow gray road snaking through the mountains of northern Peru, bus packed to the brim, puke bags distributed to everyone at the beginning of our journey in […]
I found this old draft and have to admit all those company names have been swept away by the thousands of kilometers that followed Colombia. But anyhow, here are the […]