Okay, sorry for the 6 days of no new news, yes Tracy, Hank is still alive! We spent quite a few days just laying low at the hostel in Huanchaco letting Hank and the Canadians recover from whatever bug they had. They were even kind enough to share it with Olaf, the German from L.A.
Once everyone had regained their strength and readiness to get out of the rooftop lanai hammock, we took a 3 1/2 hour bus ride north to Chiclayo, which is where I write to you from. Chiclayo is Peru's 4th largest city. We visited a beautiful yellow cathedral and stumbled upon some sort of religious ceremony through the street in front of the cathedral. Nuns, people in robes, veiled ladies with holy incense, a marching band, women carrying some huge shrine to baby Jesus and the Virgin Mary, priests, and the whole town were involved in this ceremony. We still don't know what is was for on a Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 10 A.M. but it was an incredible sight of devotion.
We went to several museums yesterday that were utterly impressive. One of which, held the archeological findings from the King of Sipan's tomb. I will never in my lifetime own as much gold as this museum held from this tomb. The intricacy and craftsmanship of these pieces has left us still in awe. We were unable to take pictures from this particular exhibit but the pictures shown are from the other museum to help give an idea of what we have seen. It is incredibly hard to describe the sheer wealth and ability of these people from approximately 1800 years ago. This tomb was discovered in 1987 along with other ruins around Peru. I will never again be able to look at a sand hill and wonder what's hiding below.
After the museums we went to Mercado Modelo which became known as a marketplace for witchery. Supposedly, there are calf brains and goats hooves you can purchase at this market along with many other exotic remedies. However, we couldn't find that part of this enormous market. Mostly, we saw raw meat covered in flies (for sale, mind you), fruit, herbs, and everything right down to the kitchen sink.
The Canadians have left us to head north continuing to follow the surf and we are currently waiting for a bus to head south. We have 19 hours of bus rides ahead of us. Heading towards Pisco to check some national parks out and hopefully a distillery of pisco, the brandy like drink that is very popular here.
Hope you enjoy the pics!
xoxo Hank and Daisy
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