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Trujillo - Page 1

August 15, 2007

Trujillo is a city in northwestern Peru. It is located on the lower Moche River, near its mouth on the Pacific Ocean. Nearby Huanchaco Beach is a great spot for surfers, and a friendly fishing village. The fisherman still utilize the handmade totora reed boats, called caballitos (little horses) because of the way they are ridden: riders do not sit on the boats, but straddle them on their knees. The design of these curved, peapod-shaped boats has changed little from the craft used by pre-Inca fishing tribes.

We got to have the best ceviches in Huanchaco and built a bondfire on the beach. It was great for us to take a break from visiting all the ruins and spend the day at the beach. Rahul's friend, Rajat, met us here, so that added to the fun as well.

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We arrive in Huanchaco, a seaside fishing village and we wanted to spend the day by the beach. Behind us are fishing boats or caballitos de totara which Local fishermen use ride.

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Huanchaco is famous for a few things and one of them being the ceviche. We stopped at this restaurant, 'Big Ben' and had lunch with the locals.

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After lunch we walked over the beach and spent the afternoon there talking to the locals and meeting making some unexpected friends along the way.

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I think the picture says it all. Just imagine what the horse was thinking!

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We decided to go out on one of these fishing boats and man was the water cold. It was a pretty cool ride through, especially on the way back riding the waves.

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And we are off...

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The next day, we go to CHan Chan. Chan Chan was constructed by the Chimor (the kingdom of the Chim), So..the way it works, was there were number if civilisations, which came and went OR that was conquered by the Incas. The site is made up of eight pre-Inca palaces constructed over hundreds of years (each king would be buried in his own palace and his successor would have to build a new one). Only one of them has been excavated and restored, due to lack of funds.

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The walls themselves were constructed of adobe brick, and were then covered with a smooth surface into which intricate designs were carved. The Chim style shows a preference for maritime motifs. The carvings at Chan Chan depict fish, pelicans, and nets for catching various sea creatures. Chan Chan, unlike most other coastal ruins in Peru, is located extremely close to the Pacific Ocean. In fact you could hear the ocean.

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The temple was also built to take advantage of a natural spring that came up in the middle of the site. The spring still feeds a small pond, which has a little wetland with coots and gallinules.

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The Peruvian Hairless Dog is a breed of dog with its origins in Peruvian pre-Inca. Depictions of Peruvian hairless dogs appear around 750 A.D. on Moche ceramic vessels and continue in later Andean ceramic traditions.

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This is the main city square of Trujillo. The banks in the city are one of the oldest in Peru and have very cool architecture.

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oh, forgot to mention. Rahul's friend, Rajat joined us during this segment of our trip.

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