Final trip up the northern coast...

A 9 hour bus ride overnight from Lima landed us in Trujillo. From Trujillo, the largest Northern City in Peru, we took a taxi ride up 20 more minutes to get us into a little hot spot surf town called Huanchaco...

...The road less traveled...it stretched on for miles alond the coast...9 hours to be exact actually...of nothing but sand, no civilization...and every now and then, we would pear out of our second floor stoop above the driver and from our front side deck of the bus, see an amazing stretch of beach, so much of it just completely unhabited, like how you would picture California before it was discovered...

...we stayed at this little hotel across from the central Plaza...

It's beautiful stone floors turned out to be our worst enemy, it was the loudest hotel I've ever stayed in...fun times...

It was a pretty Spanish Hacienda, but don't be fooled, banging and slamming doors and screaming children ran amuck...arghh!!

...Little reading spot outside our room, I didn't do anything but sleep though because I was so drained from the bus ride...

...The poolside spot I'm hoping to find myself later...

It's pretty...pretty LOUD!!!

...Let's take a dip in the pool...

So after I finally woke up after my day of sleeping beauty...we strolled around to get to know the town ...Here's the cute park in front of the beaches...

...The boardwalk...

...The original surf board...looks like a canoe, but it's actually the first ever surfing...

...Stacked up along the shore...

...Looking north...we decided to not try to pack in visiting any of the other little towns and just stay here in Huanchaco...people said we weren't missing much, they're all pretty much the same, and better on the weekends...it was quiet because we were up there just Monday through Wednesday...just Danny and I and the locs...

...There are vintage cars everywhere, this town is like going back in time...

Danny feeling out the surfboard...

...Mama and papa Guiseppi's place...I felt like I was eating with the mob...

Danny and I strolled up to this house/restaurant with no one there but papa Guiseppi drinking his wine from a paper cup sitting on his plastic chair in the front lawn...

....mama Guiseppi (the Peruvian version of course) came out and took our order to go back and start cooking it herself...

...we got our pizzas, which were delicious, and as we ate outside on the front porch, just us and pops...

...about half way through our meal, a lady came up with her commercial grade sized plastic barrel and filled papa Guiseppi's cooking pot full of leche...

...now that's what I call fresh!

Straight from the cows up the hill and hobbled down by an old lady with her bucket...and off she hobbled to the next house...

...definitely makes me rethink my morning cup of joe...

...The entrance to Chan Chan, just 10 minute taxi ride south of Huanchaco...

...Danny and I...and some nuns went to check out the Chan Chan ruins...

...Intricate carved walls that were discovered buried in piles of sand...

...The paths have amazing designs...

...Looking down one of the walkways...

...People are still there working on digging up more sections...

...The ruins stretch on for miles...

...Follow the fishies down the aisles...it felt like we were in a maze...

...We turned a corner and there was this oasis, such a beautiful site amongst a thousand rocks and sand...

...Little birdie pirched in the water...

...Looking toward the entrance, you wind your way through miles of carved mud walls...to arrive at this pool of water...looking the opposite way is the beach, but everything is built up by these massive walls...

...The burial chamber of the temple...something was down there that definitely gave me the heebie geebies...

...The temple guards...

...Man of the hour with his authentic garb...he's handsome...

..We packed it in at the other hotel and opted for this one instead, The International Huanchaco Inn...much nicer!...perfect for our last relaxing days here...ahhh to be poolside...

...Sunflowers and sunshiney beaches...

...Plants outside our room...

...Down the steps to the pool...

...The bizarre and funny photoshoot, this girl was so not cute, had about a pound of makeup on...I'm not sure what magazine it was for but it was definitely interesting...somebody said it was some kind of online website, uh-hum...

...anyway, these kids next to us had rode their motorcycles up for the day to lounge in the pool, probably playing hookie, and the camera guy asked if they could use one of the kids motorcycle for the picture...it was such B...maybe even considered C grade amatuer stuff, it was pretty funny watching the girl prance around posing all over the hotel...

...Danny got his feet wet a little while we were here on this rental board, but the water was freezing and he didn't have his wetsuit so it was a no go for the rest of the trip...

...Here's our little cactus friend outside our window...

...A little breakfast on the patio...

...Oops, busted! He looked at me like, Hey! Enough with the photography buddy!

...They had tons of birds in the little covered canopy, it added some great sound affects for lounging poolside...they're such cute little things...my friend Lindsey used to have one of these just like the blue one named Billie Jean or Blue Jean....can't remember..but he was so cute, I always wanted one...

...You didn't think we would come to Trujillo without sampling the Trujillo, we've already sampled what else this fine country has to offer...

...The sun setting on our final day...

...In front of our table a little game of ad-lib volley started...they drew the lines in the sand, and no nets required...boys vs. girls....ahh summer days...

...A few more beers at a restaurant on the beach before we head back home...

...Love birds...

...Just a little clip of our experience on the beachside decks of Peru...

...It's just so breathtaking...

...Camp outs on the sand...The sunset was so gorgeous...

...As our trip comes to a close, there are so many incredible experiences that we will take with us forever...I will never forget them and I am so grateful to have been able to see life through a different lense...hopefully you all have enjoyed my blog and felt you got to travel with me...

....Danny and I are so excited to get back home and see all of our friends and family and loved ones, we've missed all of you...

...We can't wait to experience more travels together again one day and will be keeping this Blog site for when we do, so save the address and we'll let you know when our fun filled adventures resume!

Until next time, hope you enjoyed Peru as much as we did!