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Thousands of Years of Peruvian Culture and Not an Inca in Sight
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 12 March 2012
Mention Peru and most people immediately think Inca. The iconic image of Machu Picchu‘s mystical ruins has invaded our collective psyche to such a degree that we tend to associate the country solely with the ancient Inca culture. Unquestionably, the Incas were a force to be reckoned with but they were by no means the [...]
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Chan Chan: The Largest (& Most Boring) Pre-Columbian City in South America
Blog: GoBackpacking - 14 December 2011
overing some 20 square kilometers of desert between Trujillo and the the Pacific Ocean, the adobe city of Chan Chan was constructed by the Chimor civilization starting around 850 AD. This was about the same time the Moche civilization, which created Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol, went into decline. Chan Chan was [...]
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Moche Ruins: Huaca de la Luna y Huaca del Sol
Blog: GoBackpacking - 13 December 2011
ollowing in the footsteps of my friends Jack and Jill, I departed Chachapoyas in the mountains of northern Peru for Trujillo further south along the coast. As an aside, I took an overnight bus, which was far more comfortable, modern, and efficient than any bus I’ve taken in Colombia or Ecuador (or heck, even the [...]
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Cusco to Colombia in a Combi: Days 7 to 11 (Lima to Máncora)
Blog: The Brink of Something Else - 18 August 2011
Days 1-6, here Hours chugging along slowly in the Volkswagen, piled on top of each other as the monotonous desert roads slide past the windows. Long pauses to cool a rapidly overheating motor. Hours more broken down and waiting in the drugging heat for the local mechanic of a dusty anonymous town to appear from [...]
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Milagro, Trujillo: No Miracles Here…
Blog: The Brink of Something Else - 12 February 2011
Milagro, Trujillo, Peru. In what I hope was not a deliberate act of irony, the barrio’s name means miracle. It’s hot and dusty and dry, and I’m reminded of my first trip outside of Lima, to discover to my surprise that much of Peru’s coastal region was featureless sandy desert. I’m with Leander, Helen and [...]
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Kuelap Ruins From Chachapoyas, Peruvian Motorcyle Insurance Shakedown, and Back on the Gringo Trail at Huanchaco on the Peruvian Coast
Blog: Trip Down - 13 April 2010
On Chessi and I’s first full day in Chachapoyas Chessi wanted to go to the Kuelap Ruins, a fortress with three keyhole-type entrances (one apparently resembling a giant vulva) situated on a ridge about 3000m high overlooking the Utcubamba valley. The drive follows the river on a decent dirt road at about 400m for 30kms [...]
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Chan Chan – Back to the Mochicas
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 8 April 2010
Ah yes, the other reason for heading out to Trujillo and the surrounding areas: Chan Chan. Actually, this whole region, the northern coast of Peru, is full of old pre-Incan ruins. The coastlines were controlled for trade and military reasons, and as such there are tons of ancient cities that have been eroded but not [...]
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Chan Chan
Blog: A Travel Diary from Mexico, Central and South America - 1 April 2010
On the road between Trujillo and Huanchaco is the huge ancient ruins of Chan Chan. A bit like the pyramids in Mexico, or the volcanoes in Central America, visiting lots of ancient ruins makes me become a little blasé and under whelmed at the thought of seeing another. In fact, I was tempted not to go to Chan Chan, but to break up our lazy beach days, we did. And I’m so glad we did. After all, it’s the largest adobe city in the world – to quote another statistic from our book – so it is bound to be good.
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Some ole stuff
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 28 February 2010
As Pete reported on our last blog post, we have logged MANY hours on many different buses throughout this journey! And most times, when we have the option, we take the night bus - it saves on money (one less night in a hostel!), and it is kind of nice to just wake up in the morning in a brand spankin' new location. We have gotten so used to opting for the night bus that we usually don't even consider the daytime option.
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Trujillo: Chan Chan, ceviche and a damn tasty cerveza
Blog: The Brink of Something Else - 25 February 2010
After the charmless centre of Piura arriving in Trujillo was something of a blessing. None too attractive in the outer urban sprawl, it does however feature a graceful and welcoming Plaza de Armas and some delightfully colonial boulevards spreading out in all directions.
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Corvacho: Gusto for the Tastiest Bits (Chicken Feet, Pig's Ears and More)
Blog: Jamón, jamón: Alice's Gastronomic Adventures - 5 February 2010
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From the mountains to the sea…
Blog: One Year+ of Vagabonding through Latin America - 7 November 2009
Leaving Cajamarca, I headed back to the coast – to Trujillo, a large city of not much interest. Spent a few days wandering around the colonial centre viewing the pretty architecture and large square; but as one moves away from the center the city quickly devolves into urban blight. In an example of the law [...]
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Huanchaco, just what I needed!
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 3 October 2009
Lovin´ it! Huanchaco is just what the doctor ordered. Yesterday, I woke up, went running along the beach and leisurely drank some coffee, okay, a lot of coffee. It was great to be agenda free. We drank coffee, enjoyed some eggs, dropped off the laundry (I hadn´t done laundry since Columbia, [...]
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