Chan Chan Ruins

A few days ago we went to the Chan Chan Ruins near Trujillo. The ruins are massive, 20 square kilometers. It's the largest Pre-Columbian South American city, built over a 1000 years ago. Also, it appears they had lots of cubby holes for their shoes and toys.

They had a lake on the inside of the city walls, which I thought was pretty rad, but I guess it's got to be common to have a water source in any fortrified city. Doesn't Brian look enormous in the second picture? Either he's always that enormous and I am just used to it, or he looks taller now that he's dropped an estimated 20 lbs.

The last picture is just so people can see how disgusting my feet look down here. It's impossible to keep them clean. All that is just from 2 or 3 hours to visit Chan Chan.

Our Gecko, Pterodactyls, and a Vulture

The gecko has been living in our apartment for a week or two now. We see him every once in a while and he eats bugs. The pterodactyls are always flying close to the ocean. They have finger wings. And the vultures can be seen often as well, this one was at the Chan Chan Ruins.

Otuzco Ruins

Day 3 in Cajamarca. We visited the Otuzco Ruins. It's pretty much a graveyard that is super old. We took a tour with a guide, so we finally have a couple photos of us together. The 2nd picture is of the ruins. The 3rd picture is a river we went to on the way to the ruins. Everybody is washing their clothes, their cars, whatever in the river. The 4th picture is us in Cajamarca at the Seat of the Inca. We didn't think it was that impressive, but we used the building to get a picture of us together with the city in the background. It is really difficult to hike at 9000 ft elevation. On our tour, we were also taken to a garden where we got to see Guava, Papayas, Tucuma, all sorts of fruits growing. They showed us a brick fabrication plant and a dairy farm. Dairy farming is huge up there. Definitely tried some fresh from the cow milk up there.