Entries from 'trujillo'

Day 259

Chan Chan. This is huge Chimu city ruin which spans over 14km on the outskirts of Trujillo but only one of the huge administration buildings has been excavated and partially open to the public, and this much has taken the archaeologists about 50 years. The ruins are amazing, however unlike the ruins yesterday, sections of…

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Day 258

This is “Huaca de la Luna y Sol” ruins (the temple of the moon and sun) about 10km outside of Trujillo. Here there are two massive mud brick pyramids and an accompanying museum. One of the mud brick pyramids had been renovated 5 times by the pre-ican’s and each new renovation was built over the…

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