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Chiclayo was supposed to be a stopover before I went up to meet Angela and Beatriz in Mancora by the beach, but I decided to skip it and come back later because it was on the way back to get to Cajamarca anyway.  The attractions were more archeological sites, including the most exciting, valuable and largest of recent excavations, the site of Sipan.  The story of the huaca at Sipan unfolded in the late 80s and could be optioned for a movie.  In 1987 a noted Peruvian archeologis...

There are great ruins in Chiclayo, but instead of taking advantage of that, I spent my day here eating ice cream and buying a pair of jeans. It was somewhat difficult to explain to the salesgirl what I was looking for. She could not believe that I didn´t have high heeled shoes, and why I didn´t want bell-bottoms. A fun day, and then off to Trujillo that evening. On the bus, the Peruvian guy sitting next to me asked (in Spanish) whether I was nervous, because i was fidgeting a bit. Th...

December 26, the day after Christmas my family and I decided to go visit the city of Chiclayo, which is about 3 hours away from Trujillo. We left at 6am and got there around 9am. My uncle Toño was kind enough to show us around his hometown.

I have been in Chiclayo 4 times maybe and i had always a good time! My best friend is from there!! The best disco OZONO...visit Lambayeque..dont forget to buy a KING KONG (is a dessert)..and visit  The Senor de Sipan museum!!

This place looks like a bit of a dump, but we've been on the go since 4pm yesterday so are staying nevertheless! Went out for brunch then headed for the market, which was like a flea market!  The meat section was gross!  On one counter there were 2 goats heads just sat there staring at you.  Then there were pigs trotters all lined up.  Yuk!! In the afternoon we went to the Tumbas Reales de Sipan museum where there are loads of ruins from Sipan in the 17th century.  ...

My second home

Now in Chiclayo, another large town close to the northern Peruvian coast (not seen the sea yet, I think it´s a few km´s away, but should do at or around Trujillo)  Good news - it´s better than Piura!  It´s more interesting with busy markets lining many streets and motortaxis zipping all around.  Plus it´s not nearly as hot as Piura, just nicely scorching! I´ve stayed here for a few days using it as a base for exploring  the nearby ancient sites of Sipan an...

I`m travelling from the north to the west in 6 months. I started in Venezuela and will visit Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, maybe Ecuador or even Argentina or Chili. We`ll see ...

Here you can join us on our motorcykle tour from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego (south america). We start our journey May 27, 2006 and we will be on the road for about a year! Read our complete story at our homepage: www.tobias-ingeborg.com

From Feb to Sep 06 I visited every country except Paraguay and the Guianas (no offence to Paraguayans!). To see an overview, click on the photo to the left then "View Trip Summary". Highlights were Patagonia (Arg, Chile), Cordillera Blanca (Peru) and kitesurfing in Is. Margerita, Venezuela!

Well, we flew from Lima to Chiclayo, which is the biggest city in Lambayeque. It’s just a 50min flight. I have already looked for accommodation. We arrived at the evening and went straight to the hotel. We left our stuff and went out to walk around the city. It was my first time there too, so it’s was new for both of us.   Chiclayo is located in the middle of a desert, so the weather is warm and dry. As all the cities in Peru, it has its Main Square with a Cathedral built by the S...

We had an overnight bus from Loja (near Vilcabamba) to Puira in Peru. Our tickets were only to Macara which is a town just before the border. We were searched by the police  at about 2am which was pretty annoying. We were mostly sleeping. They took all our details down for god knows what reason and we headed on again. On reaching Macara it was lucky we could go staright through because as we approached Macara it was dead (although it was about 3.30am) and pretty unattractive to say the l...