spent my birthday in a 10,000bc city.( some say, others 1000ad... who knows)
Chan Chan doesn’t have the sex appeal of other ruin areas ive visited on the trip but it blows them away in terms of historical dating. Chan Chan is pre-Incan inhabited by Chimu people. who lived there for 11000 years until discovered by the Incans who then conquered. ruin area is huge covering miles of ground and very simplistic in its nature. located about 300 yards from the ocean….
pretty smart to have an irrigation system in the city way back then
chimu were water people…..evident in their architecture where the x designs represented fish nets and borders of fish, seals, and seabirds on almost every wall.
They are still excavating a lot of the grouds. site was discovered in 1890. 
kept thinking star wars movie..... luke skywalker came walking down a corridor
Chan Chan doesn’t have the sex appeal of other ruin areas ive visited on the trip but it blows them away in terms of historical dating. Chan Chan is pre-Incan inhabited by Chimu people. who lived there for 11000 years until discovered by the Incans who then conquered. ruin area is huge covering miles of ground and very simplistic in its nature. located about 300 yards from the ocean….
pretty smart to have an irrigation system in the city way back thenchimu were water people…..evident in their architecture where the x designs represented fish nets and borders of fish, seals, and seabirds on almost every wall.They are still excavating a lot of the grouds. site was discovered in 1890. kept thinking star wars movie..... luke skywalker came walking down a corridor Went to Huanchaco, a surf town about 10 minutes from Trujillo, Peru afterward for a few beers and some beach. popular tourist destination...lots of bikinis.
They have traditional chimuca boats that ae weaved out of straw grass... people still use to fish with, like a kayak but knee or stand on
Back to Trujillo, beautiful 1500 Spanish style city, second biggest in Peru and found an English style pub to finish off the day. Tomorrow back into the Andes....
They have traditional chimuca boats that ae weaved out of straw grass... people still use to fish with, like a kayak but knee or stand on
Back to Trujillo, beautiful 1500 Spanish style city, second biggest in Peru and found an English style pub to finish off the day. Tomorrow back into the Andes....
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you are getting old. happy birthday.
hope the trip is as much fun as you hoped. stop in boulder on your way back.
Happy Birthday Mike! I've been enjoying your travels. I wish I was there. When you're back we'll have to do lunch again.
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