Well, I feel like I'm fronting up to confession...forgive me padre, it has been at least two weeks since my last blog entry. Sue and I have been having marvellous fun though, visiting ruins and getting a feel for the incredible layers of history still being discovered in Peru. But I think what might have held us back from heading to the internet cafe is that we've been rather busy of late hanging out with the fantastic people we've met in the last wee while. Which I know is a pitiful excuse, but it just seems that the desire to write and a decent internet connection haven't coincided in a long time!
We arrived in Chiclayo, Peru after a fairly long but well-run trip across the border. We'd just spent at least 12 hours on various buses so weren't really sure where the hell we were, it was darn hot and we were humping our packs around looking for a hostel when we accidentally ran into a huge fiesta (another one), this time displaying the talents of the local kids marching bands. We of course interpreted this as a very special 'Welcome to Peru' for us. There was absolutely no chance of avoiding the parade so we hung about for a look and we pretty much swarmed by children within 30 seconds, all wanting to practice their English by interviewing us. We also attracted a young dude who wanted to show off his amazing English skills to the girls who were interviewing us by reading to us from our guide book in, well, pretty average English really. So after about 15 minutes we finally managed to shake them off, although in the end we had to make up a story about having a hostel very close and kind of slip away in the crowd. Still, it was a beautiful welcome to a new country! While we were in Chiclayo, we joined a tour to one of the old Moche pyramid sites and met a lovely travel agent called Augusto, who convinced us that a trip up into the mountain villages of Chachapoyas and Cajamarca would be a fabulous idea...so after a day of trekking around some fantastic old burial sites and museums, we jumped on a night bus to Chachapoyas....more later!!
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