Week Thirty-Four

18/06/07 to 24/06/07

Northern Peru, with a lot less tourists

  • 18/06/07 - Chavin
  • 19/06/07 - Trujillo
  • 20/06/07 - Trujillo
  • 21/06/07 - Chiclayo
  • 22/06/07 - Chiclayo
  • 23/06/07 - Chiclayo
  • 24/06/07 - En Route
Decoration, supposedly based on fishnets, in the pre-Inca city of Chan Chan


18/06/07 - Chavin
The large, ancient and seriously remote temple site at Chavin
complete with a network underground tunnels
This was the journey back

19/06/07 - Trujillo
The main square, inevitably Plaza de Armas, in Trujillo
Decor of Gods in the pre-Inca Moche Temple of the Moon
... which surived a lot better than the heap of sand which was the Temple of the Sun

20/06/07 - Trujillo
Partly-surviving, partly-restored decoration in Chan Chan
Milla and a local guy
Some of the afore-mentioned restoration, in progress

21/06/07 - Chiclayo
And so to Chiclayo, where vultures stylishly circle the church

22/06/07 - Chiclayo
The things we do - this is one of the tombs at Sipan
And here are some guys trying to find another one - we didn't ask if they were graverobbers or archaeologists
This is all that's left of the site itself
Here's me standing in front of what used to be two large and impressive pyramids

23/06/07 - Chiclayo
All the best stuff turned out to be in the museums

24/06/07 - En Route

Week Thirty-Five