Our arrival into Peru did not go as smoothly as we might have liked... We arrived, somewhat sleepily, into Piura, at about 6am. We were immediately mobbed by taxi drivers wanting our fare to take us to other bus stations (there is no centralised bus terminal, but a series of bus companies in different parts of town...) We eventually picked a taxi driver, who proceeded to charge us (as we found out later) about four times as much as we should have paid (still not that much), AND to give us fake coins as change. Grrr.
We were nevertheless dropped off at a bus company and took the next bus to Chiclayo, at 7am. We had great seats at the front of the bus and could see the desert scenery out of the windows, but our pleasure was somewhat marred by the bus driver's choice of movie - a movie about domestic violence at 7am is not to be advised... We arrived into the bus terminal and bought an overnight ticket to Chachapoyas, leaving us the whole day to explore the ruins near Chiclayo. We had a quick lunch first, and then headed out to Tucume to see huge complexes made of sand bricks, with a large structure built on a hill. They were vast and very impressive, though now crumbling into the desert - must have taken a LOT of time and effort to build them.
After the ruins, we took a bus to the much-lauded museum nearby, which was AMAZING. It had exhibits. Turns out they really used to like gold. And earrings.
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