After our long stay in Cuzco, we took the road to join the Ecuador through northern Peru ... We'll leave the altiplano, after 3 months more of 3500 meters on average, to find the sea (or rather the Pacific Ocean) ... A very long road that never ceases to rotate in any direction takes us to Nazca ... The steep descent (going from 4500 to 500 meters in 30 km) on the city allows us to admire the vegetation change, we now until Ecuador ride on the Pan American , which runs along one side completely deserted ...
Nazca is famous for its famous lines in the desert, lines and drawings of animals: some worship site illuminated alien. Nobody knows what they really mean and who exactly they were drawn ... What is certain is that they are visible only from heaven. So off I go, all alone, Alex refused to turn the cause of vertigo ... and I would probably do the same. This little escapade air in a 6-seater plane was really horrible to my heart (and my stomach), the " On the Right" and "On The Left " driver still echo in my head ...
We take a break to Ica, an oasis in the desert, then we arrive at the Paracas reserve. The scenery is beautiful and very different from what we had seen so far , large expanses of sand in shades of ocher, yellow, red. Luckily it's nice here because it is winter and during this period, the entire Peruvian coast is invaded by a pervasive mist ... We take this opportunity so we get stuck on one track (one last time hopefully). Again a huge 4 x 4 will come to our rescue ...!
Then head Lima, 300 km of coast, 300 km from mist and a little sad landscapes, the wilderness is overrun by garbage and fog ... We quickly found estacionamento one in the district of Miraflores , the chic of ville.On stay there 4 days, 4 days back on consumption, ultra-modern stores and international retailers. We now understand where are the few treasures of Peru. Miraflores is almost indecently rich oasis surrounded by neighborhoods and cities really very poor. What is most striking in Peru, is this abscence middle class or very (very) rich, or very (very) poor. The city, meanwhile, we were not markedly more than that ... especially with the fog and rain ...
We continue our climb to the friendly city of Trujillo . Colonial city located next to a beautiful site, Chan-Chan
, capital of the Chimu civilization , and formerly largest city in the Adobe world, with over 60,000 inhabitants. The problem with clay is that after a few rains, the house collapsed. With El Nino and earthquake, there is not much ... so do as it says in the guide, you have to imagine ... but good fun as a visit even when it is necessary to imagine a destroyed city! At the extreme northern Peru Finally we find the sun beside Mancora for our last camp overlooking the sea
Tomorrow we enter into Ecuador ... sniff our last border crossing ...
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