Vultures and sand

One of the poor sods who were buried with the lord at a massive site at Sipan
Chan Chan city to 100,000 people

I bought a panama hat in Ecuador (they have always been made in Ecuador but got the popilar name when they where made for the workers on the Panama Canal). I think I look cool but Marilyn just laughs everytime I put it on




Carried on down the Andes into Puru and then turned left towards the coast. The difference was total from snow capped volcanoes and lush valleys to desert. Sometimes there was nothing but sand in all directions.

The N Peruvian towns have a neat way of getting rid of their rubbish - just dump it alongside the road outside of town. This way visitors can get a really good feel for the town´s cuisine, main industies and domestic animals long before they actually arrive. They even get the chance to observe the local vultures

The bigger towns a realy lively and the people very friendly. The preÍnca ruins are amazing - massive pryamids and whole towns made of mud bricks. They survived because they were buried by the desert sand.

From Truijllo we are doing the 8 hour bus ride into Lima