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Thursday, November 5, 2009
After a week in Huaraz and our trek through the Cordillera Blanca we took a night bus to the city of Trujillo and cruised ov er to the neighboring beach town of Huanchaco. Huanchaco is a small fishing vilage that has become popular recently with tourists. It boasts plenty of easy surf, and local fishermen who still use "caballitos" which are reed boats that they ride out to their nets. They say that they invented surfing on them too.... I´d attach some photos, but the computer that I´m currently using doesn´t even have USB ports, so maybe later. In any event, I tried to surf, they key word being "try", since I´ve tried to surf about 7 days my entire life I´m not all that great at it as you might imagine.
We hung outin Huanchaco for about three days and lounged on the beach, caught the sunsets, and tried not to let anyone steal our stuff. It seems like almost everyone wants a piece of tourists in this country... We visited some cool ruins called the Huacas del sol y de la Luna. Part of the history of the Moche culture which goes back more than 2000 years. Some of their buildings are still standing, and excavation has revealed original paint and intricate artwork. Pretty cool.
From Huanchaco we headed north almost to the Ecuadorian border to a town called Mancora. A nice hippy beach town with a small point break that is crowded, but great for beginners. It was also Peru´s Kite boarding capital, and it was cool to see tons of people out there throwing down. I´d like to take the time to learn how, maybe with some of those cool waterskis that Cody got to use on those big waves...
After a day in Mancora it hit me, what´s a trip to a third world country without a crushing intestinal virus? I wouldn´t know because I got hit with some of the worst stomach problems I´ve ever had, including a sweet fever that lasted for three days. I was stoked. I couldn´t do anything but tear up the bathroom and pop advil like candy to get rid of the body ache that I had.
Unfortunately I didn´t get to enjoy Mancora as much as I would have liked, but it is a cool town and worth visiting especially if you are into kite surfing. We loaded up and headed south on a bus to Lima, and caught a flight to Cusco. The bus ride to Cusco is 24 hours, the flight is 1 hour....worth the extra 50 bucks for sure. Cusco is the starting point for treks to MachuPicchu, one of the 7 wonders of the world. Probably the most beautiful town we´ve been to by far, too bad everyone here wants to sell you something, everyone...
Today we´re going white water rafting. Apparently the water levels are low since it is the end of the dry season. Should be fun anyway... Tomorow is the start of out four day trek on the Onca Trail which ends in MachuPicchu. I´m excited to get back in the woods and away from pushy vendors that is for sure. Hopefully there will be a computer that I can use to upload photos.
All for now.
Jeremy
We hung outin Huanchaco for about three days and lounged on the beach, caught the sunsets, and tried not to let anyone steal our stuff. It seems like almost everyone wants a piece of tourists in this country... We visited some cool ruins called the Huacas del sol y de la Luna. Part of the history of the Moche culture which goes back more than 2000 years. Some of their buildings are still standing, and excavation has revealed original paint and intricate artwork. Pretty cool.
From Huanchaco we headed north almost to the Ecuadorian border to a town called Mancora. A nice hippy beach town with a small point break that is crowded, but great for beginners. It was also Peru´s Kite boarding capital, and it was cool to see tons of people out there throwing down. I´d like to take the time to learn how, maybe with some of those cool waterskis that Cody got to use on those big waves...
After a day in Mancora it hit me, what´s a trip to a third world country without a crushing intestinal virus? I wouldn´t know because I got hit with some of the worst stomach problems I´ve ever had, including a sweet fever that lasted for three days. I was stoked. I couldn´t do anything but tear up the bathroom and pop advil like candy to get rid of the body ache that I had.
Unfortunately I didn´t get to enjoy Mancora as much as I would have liked, but it is a cool town and worth visiting especially if you are into kite surfing. We loaded up and headed south on a bus to Lima, and caught a flight to Cusco. The bus ride to Cusco is 24 hours, the flight is 1 hour....worth the extra 50 bucks for sure. Cusco is the starting point for treks to MachuPicchu, one of the 7 wonders of the world. Probably the most beautiful town we´ve been to by far, too bad everyone here wants to sell you something, everyone...
Today we´re going white water rafting. Apparently the water levels are low since it is the end of the dry season. Should be fun anyway... Tomorow is the start of out four day trek on the Onca Trail which ends in MachuPicchu. I´m excited to get back in the woods and away from pushy vendors that is for sure. Hopefully there will be a computer that I can use to upload photos.
All for now.
Jeremy
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