Tuesday, January 16th, 2018
After our giant movie night, it was a little bit more difficult to wake up the next morning. We all however managed, packed up, and got ourselves in the buses on time for the first objective of the day, the ruins of Chan Chan. The ruins were once again very interesting, it never fails to amaze me how much ancient history is present in Perú. Chan Chan is the second largest adobe city in the entire world. The people that lived in Chan Chan (the Chimú) were known for having great riches (around 5,000,000 in USD). When the guide was explaining the people and their traditions, he kindly pointed out that the Chimú were quite short, in fact, my height. It’s reassuring to know that I’m not short, I’m just the same height as the Chimú.
After our tour of the ruins, some of the students that were older had to leave to go and try and get their passports figured out (for the trip to Ecuador). Meanwhile, we all returned to the hotel for a lunch of arroz con pollo. We then all went to completely finish the packing (we also dismantled our giant bed during this time). After a little time had passed, and all the exchange students had returned from the passport situation, we once again boarded the buses, this time with our luggage, and went to a Marinera (typical Peruvian dance from Trujillo) and horse show.
The horses were all beautiful and of course reminded me a little of home. At one point of the show, the cowboy demonstrated his balance by pouring and carrying around a glass of pisco. At another point they were dragging a red cloth around and talking about a bull. But of course, my favorite point of the show was the dancing. Personally, I find Marinera a beautiful dance. The entire dance is done between and man and woman. The man is trying to gain the woman’s attention and affection, but she is playing hard to get. At one point the exchange students got involved in the dancing and music. We also got to feed a horse and take pictures with the dancers.
Before too long, we all had to board the bus and start our next journey to our next city Chachapoyas.
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