Huanchaco is a small fishing village about 20kms west of Trujillo. We stayed at a hostel that overlooked the ocean - if not for the road separating us from the beach, we would have been perched right on the Pacific Ocean. I took a tour of the Huanca del Sol and the Huanca de la Luna (the Sun Temple and the Moon Temple) - ruins from the Moche nation who lived in this region from AD 100 - 800. The buildings are constructed from sun-baked mud bricks, most of wh...

After hearing various reports of the dangers of Lima, and of its unattractiveness, I had close to zero expectations of the city ...... but I was pleasantly surprised. Our hostel is located in the pretty district of Barranca, just a few minutes from the ocean, and adjacent to Miraflores, which is the chic part of town with its trendy bars and restaurants. 8 of the group leave us in Lima - Kristina, Martin, Gareth, Sian, Julie, Derrick, Nimue and Breanna. It w...

Leaving Nazca, we made our way up towards Pisco, stopping at Huacachina (an oasis in the Ica desert) for lunch, followed by a buggy ride and sandboarding at the sand dunes. The buggy ride was a good adrenaline rush, rather like what we had in Natal - only with much meaner machines, and much more aggressive driving! I attempted to take a few video clips of the more harrowing stretches of the ride but unfortunately the video does not quite pick up the speed of th...

This was certainly one of the more unique birthday experiences I have had, flying over the Nazca lines. Given that I had been James's passenger in a Cessna many times previously, I did not believe the tales that 90% of the passengers feel sick when flying over the Nazca lines ..... but I soon found out why. The plane makes many tight figure of 8 turns around the 15 or so images, flying mostly at a 45 degree angle on either side, so as to allow passengers on bot...

We got back into Arequipa for the day, before taking the night bus to Nazca. Known as The White City, because most of the colonial buildings in the historical center are built with sillar, a white volcanic rock, which gives the buildings & entire a city a very distinguished appearance. We visited Juanita (the best preserved mummy ever discovered, of a 12-year old Inca girl offered as a sacrifice to appease the gods) at the museum at the Santa Maria Univer...