Well we did not want to leave Mancora, it was overall a nice place to relax and be by the ocean! However we packed up and took a sketchy bus to Piura, lessons learned there. One night in dirty, busy Puira (despite the city we did see Indiana Jones at a nice cinema all inclusive popcorn and tickets $ 11) we travelled further south to Chiclayo. A nice Hostal (a mix between hostal and hotel and our average is 2 star) we joined the sunday crowd at the insane markets, what a crazy way to shop? Monday we sorted out laundry and tuesdays tours. Yesterday we went to 2 museums and one archeological site. This area houses ruins from the pre inca SIcans and Sipans. They were gold crazy and it was quite interesting to see what they thought was a good way to bury there rulers. Sican was buried upside down with his head cut off? They amazing part however is the amount of time the archeologists spend recreating and displaying the burial garb. Amazingly intricate jewelry, masks, weapons etc. Sorry no pics in the museums. The pyramids had turned into eroding piles of mud and rock, i guess when we hear of el Ñino they get it bad here!
Peru has its ups and downs, and i have never seen so many shady mini taxis in my life. We both love to watch the major intersections that have no signage, lights or control, every car for himself. Fun to watch but scary to cross! Also the hairles dogs are quite interesting.
Em is not feeling so great this morning so we will slowly continue to Trujillo from here. Bypassing Cayamarca (sorry Yolanda, too much bus time) and then heading down to LIma for the weekend.
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