On the road again

So we began our journey on Thursday. My aunt accompanied me to Cruz del Sur, the bus in Lima,where I met my friends from Huancayo. To recap, the group for this leg of the trip is Nili from NY, Nia from Chicago, Pepe from London, and Naomi from Sidney. The bus was an 8 hour trip from Lima to Trujillo, our first stop, and the farthest north we planned to go. Luckily, I was seated in seat number 11, my lucky number, so nothing could go wrong. Well, for the most part it wasan uneventful trip,which I am happy about. I wsa however seated next to a 90 year old man with the worst snoring problem I have ever encountered. Needless to say I didnt sleep much.

We arrived in Trujillo at around 8 in the morning. We had already chosen a hostal in the guidebookand headedright over. After securing a room with 5 beds for 15 sole a person (around 4.50) the group headed for breakfast. I had a wonderful fruit salad with yogurt and muesli. It was faboo and I could once again feel the vitamins flowing into my veins. After breakfast Nili, Pep and I went to our room for a nap. About an hour later Nia and Noami come charging through the door telling us they had met some really hot Peruvian guys who would show us around Trujillo. Nia insisted Nili and I would find them especially hot and SAFE.
Despite being skeptical we went to meet them in the main square. Honestly they were quite attractive and nice. However, the moment they started speaking(in perfect english), I was reminded of Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys (for anyone who has not seen 12 monkeys, this reference has nothing to do with his good looks. He played a psycho.)

Sowe all went to a restauran, talked and hung out. It was nice to get to know some locals, but that was enough for me. Nia really wanted to meet them at a disco that night but I was not in the mood to become anyones crack mule and everyone else agreed.

The rest of our time in Trujillo pretty much consisted of touring old houses and getting to know the city.

Yesterday we leftTrujillo nd headed to Huanchaco, a coastal city 20 minutes away. We ended up finding a hostal where we decided to camp out. We pitched our tents, and hung out in hammocks all day. At night we made a giant fire, made smores and banana boats (the australian and english version of camp fire treats, these girls had never even heard of smores) Later a groupof European travellers set up camp and we had rum around the camp fire with them. A good time was had by all. Not only did I taste my first ever banana boat, but I have become an expert at the English version of Hokey Pokey.

Today we visited Chan Chan, the largest adobe village in the world. It was really amazing. Along the way we met Simone, a girl from holland, who spent the day site seeing with us.

Tonight we take another overnight bus to Huaraz.

Hope all is well.

Nicole