It’s a transfer day today (actually yesterday) as we drive from Chiclayo to Cocachimba in the ‘cloud forest’ of the Andes. About an hour north of Chiclayo we stopped to visit the ‘Valley of the Pyramids’, the capital of the Lambayeque culture in Tucume. The site is vast with 26 total pyramids occupying over 200…
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Todays notes will be a blending of part of yesterday and today. Yesterday we went to the “Royal Tombs of Sipan” Museum, located in Lambeyeque about an hour from the actual ruins and which contained relics from the site. Today we visited the actual archeological excavation at Sipan and the site museum located there. In…
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Today we worked our way north from Trujillo to Chiclayo, a 4-hour drive along the coast. Chiclayo will be our base to explore the Moche and Lambayeque temples along the Chicama and Lambayeque river valleys. An hour north of Trujillo is our first stop, the ‘El Brujo’ archaeological complex. The name ‘El Brujo’ (‘the witch’)…
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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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