We left Huaraz and the region of the mountains to the arid one and we arrived at the city of Trujillo at 10h by bus to the north. We are now near the coast and will only stay in Trujillo for the day. Shortly after our arrival we go by bus to visit the ruins of Chan Chan, where once lived the Chimú, it was actually a huge city, over 20km square full of walls and corridors that sometimes reach up to 10m high.

We did a guided tour and we learned that the city was abandoned by his people more than 500 years ago. You can still see the remains of decorations on the walls and discover some customs of this vanished civilization through the ruins.

We returned to the center of Trujillo for lunch, we walked the streets of this colorful city.

After a short and bad night in the bus, we took the opportunity to take a long nap of 3 hours on the grass of the beautiful Plaza de Armas, probably the best we’ve seen in South America so far.

At 9pm we left to take a night bus still heading north for our last stop in Peru. 10h later we arrived in the small seaside town of Máncora. We chose a more comfortable hotel with swimming pool, palm trees a balcony and breakfast included.

We enjoyed and had a good time to update the site, read a book, play guitar and give new haircut to Alexis. The beach wasn’t very nice and we actually never spent time at the beach. The town is very touristy and full of nice restaurants. It is a place to have fun and learn surfing. In the evening there is an invasion of mosquitoes and the nights are very humid.

So, we left Peru, we said tchao to the land of the Incas that we liked very much for his diversity. We are leaving to Ecuador for new adventures…