Our main reason for heading to Chiclayo had nothing to do with the beaches, nice as they were. We wanted to visit the archaeological sites for the Lord of Sipán, who was the ruler of the Moche culture in this area a whole lot o’ time ago – somewhere between 100-700AD. The site of his… Read More Lord of Sipán
Continuing our little tour on our first day in Chiclayo, our taxista insisted we had to see the two main beaches, for which, though we didn’t know it, apparently the city is quite well known. First up, Playa Santa Rosa, which is known as the fishermen’s beach. And, it really is pretty dedicated to them… Read More Beached in Chiclayo
Henry and I have very different modes of travel. At first glance, given our personalities, you’d think he’d be sort of the free spirit wanderer and I’d be the one who wants all the details nailed down. But vacations, perhaps, are the place where people want to be a bit different from their day to… Read More On the Road Again
Things I’ve been informed of or witness to this week living with Henry’s family…. Water may be the foundation of life, but who would want to drink it? Maybe if you flavor it with some burnt barley, or weeds from the roadside, or something you found in the market that you’re quite sure is a… Read More A Bite of the City of Eternal Spring
On our last visit to Trujillo we spent time at the Mercado Central and the Mercado Mayorista. We did make it to the wholesale market again, to buy a turkey for New Year’s Eve – more in the next post – but the big market day was spent yesterday, Sunday, at the Santo Domingo, which… Read More Trujillo Marketing
So, back to Trujillo, Henry’s hometown, for another visit. He spent the month of December here while I remained in BA, then I had my little mini-break in Santiago, and on to spend a few days at the family homestead. Now, those of you who’ve been with me awhile will perhaps remember that the homestead… Read More Return to Trujillo
Just a final post for the last day in Santiago, then on to northern Peru…. Started the day with a visit to the Museo del Arte Precolombino, hmm, it occurs to me that so often I hear from Latin Americans how much they dislike the whole conquistador thing which they lay the beginning of at… Read More The End of Santiago
After lunch, a short visit to the nearby sculpture park – an outdoor area with about three dozen contemporary art sculptures. Long term readers know I’m not often a fan of modern art, so I’ll leave it to y’all to guess if I liked any of these…. From there it was back towards the center… Read More Monday post-Sandwich