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
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
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, […]