Thursday 7 June 2007

End of our trip in Peru: Pucusana

And from Arequipa we start what will be the return to Lima and the end of our trip in Peru. And having seen many mountains and many valleys, we decide to explore a bit the coast, where the majority of the Peruvian population live, and where we hope to relax some days in the sun. And full of optimism, and little information, we head towards Chincha, which we have heard is the centre of Afro-Peruvian music and criollo food. And we arrive to Chincha after 12 hours of night bus, and there is nothing there, not even sea, sun or beach. And we decide to get a bit closer to Lima and we arrive to Pucusana, a quiet fishermen village where, beyond our optimism we confirm that it is winter in Peru, that the Peruvian winters can be cold, that is not sunny and that our main entertainment is to undertake the difficult task of finding a place to eat. But at the end the sun appears, and we enjoyed the last two days in Peru relaxing in the terrace of the hostel, listening to stories from the town, walking over the bare mountains and cliffs, reading… and eating in the only place we managed to find.

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