An amazing day by mistake...

Oct 10


We ended up not getting a bus today because it was full so we are
headed out tomorrow instead. We had the most amazing day though!!
These three wonderful Peruvian women took us under their wing for the
day and we went with them to some amazing ruins. At the ruins we kept
just walking by signs that said we couldn't go any further because
they were doing work on it still. The women were totally just doing
what they wanted so laura and I went with it. They spoke really fast
Spanish and I tinks I understood maybe 10% ofwhat they were saying. We
got to see some amazing ''off limits'' stuff; tombs, friezes, the main
huaca, so it made it worth it to break the rules. Well, it turns out
that oneof the ladies we were with was an archaeologist (which we knew
from the beginning) but not just any archaeologist, she was part of
the crew that first found the tombs at this place (tucume). How
freaking cool is that?!? So as a recap, we miss our bus, meet three
very kind Peruvian women oneof which is a big time archaeologist, get
a private guide to these amazing ruins and spend the rest of the day
with them. It was fabulous and seemed like it was mant to be and we
weren't supposed to catch that bus. Awesome! We also went to the sipan
museum which was unreal. Sipan was the burial site of aims big time
Moche leader a couple thousand years ago and hewas entombed with tons
of gold, beads, pottery, silver, copper....the museum was stunning!!
Then the women took us to this amazing Spanish colonial house that had
30 rooms and the longest balcony in south America! It also was quite
amazing. All of the things we saw today were because of these three
kind women ( irma, Rosario, josephina). It was truly a wonderful and
full day. By the end we were hungry and exhausted but stoked about our
adventure.

Tomorrow we sit on a bus for 6 hoursand arrive in the mountains and
the rainforest. I am excited for a change of scenery.

Our bus leaves at 1:15 tomorrow so I'll havesome Internet inthe
morning. Hope all is well! Look up those places i mentioned online.
They are awesome!