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http://homeonthehighway.com/hostal-huanchaco-aka-our-new-apartment/ Our adventures driving the Pan-Am. Sat, 04 Feb 2023 03:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.15 http://homeonthehighway.com/hostal-huanchaco-aka-our-new-apartment/#comment-1014 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:09:00 +0000 http://homeonthehighway.com/?p=3537#comment-1014 lol glad you enjoy it, there is alot to read!

]]> http://homeonthehighway.com/hostal-huanchaco-aka-our-new-apartment/#comment-1011 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 04:55:00 +0000 http://homeonthehighway.com/?p=3537#comment-1011 I found your blog this morning and now I’m back to read more! I’ve traveled to most of the countries you’ve been to so it’s fun to read about your experiences! Plus your writing style is fun and easy to ride.. Also like the DriveNachoDrive name, gotta check out their blog next!

]]> http://homeonthehighway.com/hostal-huanchaco-aka-our-new-apartment/#comment-984 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:45:00 +0000 http://homeonthehighway.com/?p=3537#comment-984 Its true. I used to believe man was primarily evil, however, after traveling and being helped time and time again by complete strangers I have turned my view 180 deg

]]> http://homeonthehighway.com/hostal-huanchaco-aka-our-new-apartment/#comment-982 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:44:00 +0000 http://homeonthehighway.com/?p=3537#comment-982 your wish is my command!

]]> http://homeonthehighway.com/hostal-huanchaco-aka-our-new-apartment/#comment-975 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:58:00 +0000 http://homeonthehighway.com/?p=3537#comment-975 Write the next blog post. WRITE IT. I want to remember that story all over again. Mwaahahahaha.

]]> http://homeonthehighway.com/hostal-huanchaco-aka-our-new-apartment/#comment-974 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:45:00 +0000 http://homeonthehighway.com/?p=3537#comment-974 Looks like good times in Peru! We can’t wait to get back on the road and develop those amazing, and sometimes random relationships that only long term travelers understand.

]]> http://homeonthehighway.com/hostal-huanchaco-aka-our-new-apartment/#comment-973 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:37:16 +0000 http://homeonthehighway.com/?p=3537#comment-973 […] If you are interested in more check out: Home on the Highway | Our adventures driving the Pan-Am. Also if you have a facebook, please add us at http://facebook.com/homeonthehighway We settled into to life at our apartment. It was nice to have some routine after being on the move for so long. We would wake up in the morning, make some coffee, and hang out on the roof of our apartment watching the waves, the sun, and life waking up in our little town of Huanchaco. It didn't take long for word to trickle out on the streets that "Home on the Highway" had a sweet beach pad and the visitors soon started rolling in. Our first friends who came were our Canadian buds we had recently met in Ecuador. We spent lots of time strolling the town together, drinking Trujillo beers, and sitting on the beach. Standard Hunachaco life. We paid a visit to Trujillo's largest ruin, the infamous CHAN-CHAN… ChanChan is a massive ruin covering over 20KM of land. It is actually the largest Pre-Columbian ruin in all of South America. The main complex is surrounded by giant adobe walls and divided up into various sections inside for ceremony, farming, and everyday life. At its peak over 30,000 people lived in this city. It was the capital of the Chimu empire. The adobe walls are full of intricate patterns occasionally depicting animals as well. Squirrels? Pelicans? ChanChan was kind of cool at first, however, after strolling along through the mud hallways eventually it gets pretty damn boring. We usually shy away from guides and prefer to discover a place by ourselves, I feel ChanChan needs a guide to do it justice. We are headed out of the mud fortress when we come across a Peruvian family who has drug its 2-year old little boy out to see the mud. Surprisingly, the boy is not at all interested in staring at brown walls for hours at a time and its throwing a straight up tantrum as his clearly annoyed parents continue to drag him through the ruins. At one point the crying kid walks in front of me and plops down directly in front of my feet as I am walking, not thinking much of it and not wanting to punt the kid, I just step over him and keep on strolling. Looking back… perhaps that wasn't the best move. A few seconds later I hear loud shouting behind me, I turn around and find a red-faced 5ft tall Peruvian man holding his kid in his arms screaming his ass off at me. His overweight equally red-faced wife behind him also yelling. Surprisingly, for the first time all day, the baby is silent… I glean from the screaming that he is mad that I walked over his kid, I apologize but the man won't let us alone. He starts cursing at me, screaming about how Americans come to their country and disrespect them. Lo Siento Senor, No queiro problemas. At this point his loud shouting had gathered quite a crowd all standing around to watch the show. I stand there a while more getting threatened by this little red-faced man until a security guard comes over and tells us our group of 4 gringos we should probably leave. As I eyeballed 20 Peruvian males all around us itching to let out some pent-up aggression, I agreed. We all hauled ass outta ChanChan laughing at the absurdity of the situation. Hey, at least we got some excitement out of the place! More pics and the rest of the story here Hostal Huanchaco AKA our new apartment | Home on the Highway […]

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