Huanchaco, Lima

On friday,we took a tour of a few different museums and tombes of the pyriamids in Sipàn where many different native people have lived. We saw native pottery, jewelery, burial grounds, and real skeletons that were found at these sites. It was interesting, the skeletons were so small. A few of them didnt have feet, and were supposed to be the guards to the royal people, so they wouldn´t run away. It was a long day, so I just got some food and stayed in my hostel and watched some bad american movie. The next morning, i went to the Mercado Modelo, the huge market where they have everything from fresh fish, meat, clothes, fabric, toys, bags, anything you might need. This market was interesting because it was for the people of the city to get what they needed. Itwasnt as touristy as other markets. So when i would take a photo of something, the people got all excited and wanted to be in my pictures. The meat market people were posing with their fish, or chicken, or whatever they were chopping up. At one point we had walked all the way through and I guess got to the end that was not safe, and 2 people had stopped us and turned us around to show us the way out. I thought that was great, even though we were in broad day light, they thought it was dangerous. The interesting part of this market was a huge section for shamanisim stuff. They had dried plants, and bottles of many different things to cure any thing you could think of. It was interesting trying to talk to them and ask what a few things were. After the market, we got a bus to Trujillo which was 3.5 hours south, then a taxi to Huanchaco which is a little fishing village on the beach. On our taxi ride there we passed Chan Chan, which is another ruin, so we saw part of it, and decided that was good enough. I was ruin-outed from the day before. Huanchaco is known for this little fishing boats called Caballotos (little horses).Not sure why, but you can ask a guy to take you out on this little boat and surf the waves in. I did, this boat, is a mixture of a kayak, and half a canoe. I sat on the back end as he paddled out to sea, he didnt go very far before turning around, he then let me paddle it and ride it aagainst the waves and surf it in with the waves. A little hard to exp`lain. ill have to get a picture up. I spent one night here and decided i wanted to head to Lima, so i scheduled a 1015 night bus which is an 8 hour ride. This is only the 2nd trip i made by myself since the beginning of my trip. I left Andrea in Huanchaco with 3 other Colombian guys we met. As I got on the little bus to head back to Trujillo, I ran into 2 ladies I had met earlier from Argentina. They were teachers on break traveling for amonth. They both played field hockey and told me they would teach me when i got to Buenos Aires. So I boarded my bus, and was much suprised to find a nice little blanket and pillow on my seat. They also served a little tray with a sandwich and muffin and some tea. I hadn´t expected that at all and was already stuffed. I wanted to eat before getting on the bus and walking a few blocks from our hostel, found this amazing place called Chill Out. a guy sitting on a couch behind the front gate started talking to Andrea and I and told us they had amazing food. They specialized in Curry, so we said ok. It´s not very often you find something other than the traditianl food. I had the chicken curry and a crepe with fruit and chocolate ontop. so delicous. i was completely happy and ready for my solo trip to Lima.