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So I've decided to spend 5 months travelling in South America starting in Quito in late September and ending up in Buenos Aires in late February 07. How will it go? What will happen in between? I don't yet know, but you're all invited to find out..

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These ancient peoples certainly produced some characterful pots!

Accompanying the site at Sipan are two museums located at a small (I´m sorry that all places are reduced to simply descriptions of ´small´or´large´but it really is quite difficult to gauge the sizes of these places) town outside Chiclayo called Lambayeque.  The first I visited had many of the artifacts recovered from the site at Sipan, and was housed in a surprisingly modern pyramid-shaped building that led you through the tombs as they had been discovered.  Recommended (for a museum!).

The second had further displays of gold, ceramics and other materials found at various ancient sites.  I pretended not to understand the instruction not to take photos and have a few shots for you (or rather to save me giving lengthy descriptions of what I saw!).

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