Peru Trip

I am back from Peru. It was a wonderful journey full of experiences I thouroughly enjoyed. My sister and I fly into Lima, Peru on July 3, 2007. We were met by friends there who took us to our hotel. The next morning we met their family and went by bus to Huacho, two hours north of Lima, to check on their house there. We ate dinner near the beach and I had my first Cervicchi. That evening we took the bus back to Lima, picked up our bags, and headed to the airport. Mark and Romy's family, Judith and I fly to Iquitos at midnight. Their were 13 of us counting the baby. Romy's sister, her husband and three children were visiting from Japan. In Iquitos we took our ride on the Amazon River where we visitied an Indian tribe. That was one of the highlights of the trip. We were there three days. One evening we went by boat out to a floating restaurant on the Amazon and had dinner. Transportation there was via Moto-Taxi, motorcycle, bike, or by foot. Maybe saw 5 cars in the whole city. That is because you have to fly in or go by boat on the Amazon River.
Judith and I wanted to fly from Iquitos to Trujillo, but as we know now, that is impossible. Everyone has to fly to Lima to get anywhere. So we all fly back to Lima. Judith and I found that the next flight to Trujillo was 10 hours later. We decided to take a bus rather than wait that long. It was an interesting look at the country side. We rode on the Pan American highway which was a widing road along the Pacific Ocean. To the left was ocean and to the right was desert with lots of high sand hills.
In Trujillo we were met by my friend Raquel Hanson's sisters; Ruby and Ingrid. We met the family and settled right in. They made us feel right at home. The first night there we all took a walk to the central plaza downtown. It was apparently safe because we walked around several other nights to shop. One day the women and kids took a cab to the beach at Huanchaco. We had a relaxing day there. I will need to post more later.