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Peru

Trujillo

March 4, 2016March 2, 2016 Steve 3 Comments Peru, Travelling

Of all the places in Peru that we’d been so far to get stranded, we lucked out with Trujillo.  It is another town in the desert with about a quarter of a million residents.  It was founded by Francisco Pizarro.  It has a “spit shiny” central park.  And most important, the guy at the desk […]

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Señor de Sipán and the Pyramids of Sun and Moon

March 3, 2016March 2, 2016 Steve 1 Comment Peru, Point of Interest

Yes, that is a Peruvian hairless dog in the picture above.  We saw it at one of the pyramids we visited. Near Chiclayo is a world-class museum called the Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán, or Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum.  This royal Moche tomb was discovered in the late 1900’s.  The excavation found a treasure […]

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Into Peru

March 2, 2016 Steve 2 Comments Peru, Point of Interest, Travelling

We got up early and shared a cab to Loja with Canadian biologist Duane and his retire teacher wife Susan.  By 7:30 we were on the bus to Piura, Peru.  It is about an 8 hour ride, including an hour at the border.  Obviously, we were riding in style – When we reached the border, […]

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