Finally, a good night’s sleep and am feeling much better. Today we explored Chan Chan the capital of the Chimu, an ancient Peruvian civilization which followed the Moche. Technically, the Chimu were descendants of the Moche people but were far more warlike. Chan Chan is located north, along the coast, some 20 minutes from Trujillo. …
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Getting to Trujillo was quite an exercise. Our flight into Peru from a connection in Miami was delayed as authorities needed to remove a passenger from the plane (and dig through the airplane hold to locate his luggage). Took forever and our already late-evening arrival in Lima was pushed back to midnight. Not much sleep…
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We head out early October for Ecuador, Peru, & Chile. First up is a swing through northern Peru and the pre-Incan ruins along the coast & in the ‘cloud forest’ of the highlands.
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Sunday and it’s time to depart Aix. Our flight tomorrow morning is early, so we booked a room at the Best Western near the Marseille airport. Oddly, the airport is in the town of Marignane, closer to Aix than Marseille. Weird folk, these French. It’s been a wonderful visit. Aix is a special place and…
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