Trujillo and Chan chan

Trujillo is a cute little colonial-style town near the beach, 9 hours north of Lima. It used to be a Spanish walled city and they've now restored all the buildings within the old walls. We visited the Temple of the Sun and Moon, ruins of the Moche people (200-900 AD) then the ruins of Chan Chan, belonging to the Chimu civilization. The inca's then cut off their water supply and defeated them, along with the rest of Peru and beyond. These ruins are basically like big sand castles. It never rains here, hasn't rained for 12 years! They're expecting El Nino this year (lots of crazy rain) and they have scafolding and plastic all ready, just in case the rain washes everything away!

We jumped on another overnight bus bound for the beaches in the north. Next stop, Mancora.

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