Trujillo....eh....Huanchaco

For a summarized version, skip to the end. (See last paragraph)
So first I would like to give a bit of background since I realize some people may read this blog who didn't know I was going to Peru. Don't worry, there's not much catching up to do. I'm going...no...I'm in Peru. I'm here to complete an internship for my international development minor. Thus, I am an international development intern. I am on my way to a village called Yantalo with about 3000 people. Here I will be working closely with the organization called Yantalo (yeah same name as the village, don't be confused) as a volunteer.
Ok...now for the update on my journey.
I am now in Huanchaco which is a bit away from Trujillo. We're staying in a hotel right across from the ocean so the sound of the waves as you sleep is a free bonus. It's beautiful. Today we took a tour of the major historical sites/ruins and stuff that are nearby. We saw Huaca del Sol y Huaca del Luna which are temples of the Moche people (pre-Incan). And actually the Huaca del Sol hasn't really been excavated so I just took the word of the guide lady that it is under the mound of dirt she showed us. Well, I think that's what she said at least, all the tours were in Spanish so it's possible some of the facts got mixed up. Anyway, our next stop was...well lunch. THEN, we went to Chan Chan and Huaca El Dragon.
After all our touring we went to the beach just long enough to get a little wet and watch the sunset. I'm not a blog expert yet but I'm going to try and upload some pictures in a bit and hopefully that'll give you a better idea of things.
So, in order to not bore my faithful blog readers if you skipped to the end, here's a summary of my day: we saw a lot of ancient adobe then went to the beach.
Love,
Jenny