Huanchaco

I didn’t know what to expect of this place as the town you arrive at first, Trullio, is a pretty standard, then you get a local bus out to the coast. Passing Chan Chan, an ancient mud bricked walled town on the way.
As I pulled into the town, it seemed quite a tourist hotspot, not what I was expecting. Lots of hotels and restaurants and people learning to surf next to the old pier. A nice chilled vibe going on, but not as small a place as I’d thought.
I checked into my hostel and met my room mates, who’d I’d hang out with for the next 4/5 days that I’d be in town.
That night a few of us went out for some beers and food, and I got to check out the town a bit more. It was clearly off season, but still quite a bit going on and it looked like Halloween here was going to be a party!
Next day, I thought about surfing as we had a really good view form the hostel, but the wind and the tide were not great, so just decided to chill out and eat some cheap food. The restaurants were a bit pricey, but there were loads of local places to go with menu del dias for about 7/8 soles, under £2, for soup a main and a drink. Nice!
I gave the guys in our dorm alternate names as there were chalk boards on each bunk. Geoff (Isabelle), Dave (Christian), Jake (Avinoam) and I ended up being Mike. They all stuck! Three French guys turned up later, but they were just the frenchies, nothing new there, but I would bump into them more down the road.
Nothing much more went on here, more eating, another night out and more eating. We found a good burger place called Surf Burger, I think it was only two times we went,but it was good!
I did go and check out Chan Chan which was quite cool and something a bit different as it was all made of mud and a lot is still being uncovered. Not much is known about it yet, but good old UNESCO have slapped a badge on it, so I’m sure it will become very popular in the future.
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