Trujillo/Huanchaco and onto Lima

Arrived in Trujillo pretty late and got a taxi to our accomodation in Huanchaco about 30 mins away. Everyone pretty knackered so hit the sack straight away. Had another jam and bread breakfast - pretty over jam and bread already but we will probably have it for most of the trip. Smaverage. After breakfast we went into Trujillo and had a walk around the city. One of Peru´s bigger cities but I cant remember much of interest, didnt really grab me that much. Went to a really nice restaurant for lunch. Corry tried duck whilst I went with Cerviche - which in Peru is raw seafood (as opposed to in Ecuador where Cerviche is a soup). Mine was mixed so raw fish, squid, scallops, prawns etc. Pretty good, especially with a beer. Back to Huanchaco on a dodgy public bus, everyone decided to have an afternoon off activities so mostly spent the day looking around the beach, at some local markets, and chilling by the pool reading a book etc. After a pretty hectic start to the tour think everyone appreciated recharging the batteries. Went across the road for dinner to a really good italian place, had a mean hamburger and a couple of cervezas whilst corry (eyes bigger than stomach) was comprehensively defeated by a large pizza. Think the guy but a whole block of cheese on it though, never seen anything like it. Hit up a bar afterwards and convinced the dude to give us our first drinks at happy our prices, numerous beers and cocktails followed as well as a pretty gross tequila shot that the tour guide, Diego, shouted all the boys. The night descended into some pretty awful dancing (we were only people in the bar) and then wandered home. Cruisy start to the morning (more bread and jam) and reading by the pool before hopping on a luxury bus to Lima just before lunch. The bus was incredible, fully reclining seats, wi-fi internet, a meal and a snack at various intervals, movies showing throughout, a couple of toilets, it was two storey with heaps of leg room. Definitely the way to travel. We were on the second floor of the bus, right up the front so we had a great view of the road and the surrounds. Despite being on a massive two-storey bus, our driver was unphased and attempted a number of ridiculous overtaking manoeuvres for the first hour before he decided it wasnt worth it. The old fella then settled down and we cruised down the coastal desert for about 10 hours before arriving in Lima. The scenery was pretty breathtaking, sea on one side, surrounded by desert all around, then rising up to the foothills of the Andes. Was much better than watching the movie. Lima is a massive city and took us a while to barge through traffic to the bus station. Driving in Lima is definitely an experience I will remember, doesnt seem to be any road rules apart from to try and get to the front. All sorts of crazy acceleration, lane-changing, overtaking, tactical blocking, near misses, scrapes and crashes. Your horn is your biggest weapon and everyone seems to be on the buzzer at least every 3 seconds. My sense of hearing was rather offended by the end of it. Got a huge amount of laughs out of it though when you sit back and let it wash over you. Got into Lima quite late but there was time to head to a restaurant for some dinner. Me and Corry and a couple of the girls stopped in at one of the casinos on the way home. I was down about 15 NZ at the end of an hour or so, Corry down about 5 NZ, while both the girls had made coin! Cheeky cerveza back at the hostel. Will be more on Lima in next post, in Arequipa now, beautiful city, Peru´s second largest