Few kilometers from the center of Trujillo in Peru you can find a mix of dust, Hollywood stages and ancient walls build by the Chimú culture.

This friend is inviting you to take a look at his buddies and former house in our Photo Gallery!

If you are ever in Trujillo go to the Market, it seems to be the only interesting thing in that city.

Yumi ceviche (picture), tasty toffe&caramel (natilla con manjar blanco) and refreshing fruit juice.

More pictures @ our Flickr!!!!

Eating a cheese sandwich cut with a swiss knife in front of a thousand policeman, while the national guard band was playing “El Bolero de Ravel”, Vangelis and other appropriate themes for the change of the guard…

Our last afternoon in Arequipawas dedicated to find something sweeeeeet, saddly we couldn´t find anything :( just a disapointing queso helado (ice cream)

The road to Lima was replete of curves, and in the middle of the night when almost all the people was sleeping the bus drivers competed against each others almost like Monaco Grand Prix xD

We woke up in the middle of the desert, when I looked out the window and saw a tinny malnourished girl walking in a garbage dump in Tupac Amaru village.

Before midday Lima appeared, grey, contaminated and sad. Shop windows distract you from this, offering you good meals and sweets :p

In our way to the next bus we found heaven!!! A sweets shop offering suspiro a la limeña (picture), leche asada, cocadas, etc. It was :D

We have a lot of stories to tell since we departed from Arequipa. We went to the north of Peru to Lima, Huaraz, Chavin, Trujillo. After that we went to Cuzco, The Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu. And then to Copacabana, we were stuck in that village, waiting for the bank to open.

Be Careful!!! In Copacabana there are no ATM’s, banks open when they want! and you can’t pay with credit cards. Bring cash with you!!!!

About the picture: Maracuya and Mango ice creams at Huaraz. YUMI! ^^!!!

• Carry coca tea with you, you can put it in a bottle.
• Sangalle’s water is good to drink, at least for us.
• To save money buy: bread, cheese and honey.
• Buy bananas in the towns.
• On third day from Sangalle to Cabanaconde start walking at sunrise.
• Leave your luggage in Arequipa.
• Carry sunscreen, hat, sunglasses and comfortable shoes.
• If your physical condition is not good, take a mule.
• Breath Pimiento.
• Carry caramels.
• On the way up, there some trees at the top of the canyon, they are a good reference on how far you are.

The night at Las Palmeras was eventful, after the return of the water service, there was a small storm of wind and rain.

This day we has a really nice lunch (thanks to Carlitos) soup, chicken with rice and french fries, juice, fruits and cookies. Our dinner was fruits, cheese, cookies and honey (from Cosñirhua).

From the cabin, made of totora and cane, at night you could see the stars.

We woke up early, ate cheese sandwiches. And started walking. We thought that it would take us 5 hours to Cabanaconde cos we were still sick.

We got tired easily cos we couldn´t really breathe, all the tour groups were passing us. During our brakes we drank coca water and ate honey and caramels. The legs of one of us were cramped so we had to stop at the middle of the way up to do some massage.

Everything looked soooo far, and the shadow was ending, the zig zags with stone steps were demolishing.

Mules that went up with people, were slowly coming down.

we were starting to fade so we promised ourselves that as soon as we were in Arequipa we would eat pizza, something sweet and take a hot shower.

After 3 and a half hours, we finally saw Cabanaconde.

At the square we saw some of the groups, talked with them, and we realized, that sick and all, we did it in only 30 minutes more than they. At 11AM we were in a bus to Arequipa, after resting in Cabanaconde for a while.