Trujillo, Peru

Trujillo was a nice break from the beach life. It was the second largest city in Peru and had some beautiful colonial buildings once again. This stop for me was mainly to catch up on work and meet some deadlines. For the most part I didn’t see the city at its full potential but I did see enough where I was ready to leave. One of the highlights was going to these old ancient ruins called Chan Chan. This was a thousand year old city made up of dirt and made me think of Egypt. The whole surrounding of Peru on the beach side is all desert and no trees. Very bland and just brown looking. When you see Chan Chan you try and figure out why they would build this city here. They did. The ruins were us walking and taking pictures of walls cool patterns that they carved into it. Random tour guides were showing tourist all about it while we just joked around.

We headed back to the hostel, walked around a bit for some photos and that was pretty much Trujillo. They say this was the most dangerous city in Peru so we never went out at night to check things out past 10. Overall, it was a huge success for me because the distractions were low and I got a lot of well-needed work in. 

Next stop is Lima. A big city I am really looking forward to and can’t wait.