We had breakfast included at Munay Wasi although it was just a glass of juice, one egg, white bread, jam and butter. Coffee was instant powder straight from the jar so all in all, nothing fancy but at least a start.

After breakfast we walked towards the city centre and Plaza de Armas with the hope of finding a tour to see the ruins. We ran into Carlee and Andy who had already been round all the agencies so after a quick discussion, we went and booked a tour with them. We had some time to kill so we went and bought our bus tickets to Huaraz for tomorrow night.

On the way to the bus ticket office, we walked past 'typewriter street' - there were 5 guys set up with old fashioned typewriters on the pavement, typing letters for anyone who asked.

Back in Plaza de Armas, the minivan arrived late and looked quite full already but once we got in we realised it was one with the fold down seats that crams in as many people as possible. We got 4 uncomfortable seats at the back and we set off for our first stop on the tour. The first stop was the museum of the Moche, one of the two essential ancient (older than Incas) Peruvian civilisations that lived in the area. Next door was the ruins of Huaca de Sol, the political-administrative centre for the Moche and Huaca de Luna, their ceremonial centre.

We walked round the Huaca de Luna which is riddled with rooms that have beautiful polychrome friezes for which the Moche were famous for. Every 80-100 years, the temple would be filled in and a new one built on top of the old one which helped with the preservation.

The Huaca de Sol is Peru's largest pre-Colombian structure; 140 million adobe bricks were used to build it. Originally the pyramid had several levels, connected by steep stairs, huge ramps and walls sloping at 77 degrees to the horizon. Now it resembles a giant sand pile, but its sheer size makes it an awesome sight nonetheless.

Whereas the Inca's worshipped the sun, the Moche worshipped the moon because it can be seen during the day and the night. In addition, the Moche were fishermen and the moon had great influence over the tides and the fishing.

We drove back into town for lunch and were recommended a tourist restaurant where we managed to get the Menu del Dia. Goat meat was on offer for the more adventurous and chicken for the not so adventurous.

After lunch we drove to the Chan Chan museum which gave an overview of the Chimú culture, followed by a walk round the ruins of Chan Chan city.

Built around AD 1300, Chan Chan is the largest pre-Colombian city in the Americas, and the largest adobe city in the world. At the height of the Chimú empire, Chan Chan housed an estimated 60,000 inhabitants in thousands of structures, from royal palaces lined with precious metals to huge burial mounds.

The final stop on our tour was the beach town of Huanchaco, a quaint little fishing village. The main attraction of the village is the old style fishing boats, they are high ended, cigar-shaped totora boats called caballitos (little horses). We didn't see any fisherman out on them but there was one person out for a paddle, in the breakers, alongside the surfers.

Back in Trujillo, we walked back to hostel to quickly change and headed out for dinner. After walking round the town a few times, looking for a nice place, we ended up in old colonial building, Casona Deza, for some delicious pizza.