Monday, January 15th, 2017
Having loaded the bus the previous day with all the kids from Lima, Ica, Puno, and Arequipa, we arrived at our destination Trujillo around 9 in the morning, I had slept the entire 10 hour bus ride (thanks for the short genes mom). Upon our arrival, we were waiting for the second bus with exchange students to arrive. Shortly after, we all boarded a different bus and arrived in our hotel. We all got around quickly, before heading out to our first ruins of the trip. They were Pre-Incan and after Christ. The murals on the wall were impressive and in my opinion, close to detail.
After the ruins, we left for the Plaza De Armas of Trujillo. Trujillo’s Plaza de Armas is Peru’s largest, and a Spanish influence was heavily present in the architecture. In the Plaza, we toured a Bank also.
After the Plaza, we went to go eat lunch. It was delicious, Ceviche and Chicarron de Pescado. There was live music and of course entertaining exchange students. After lunch, we returned back to the hotel once more. We all went to the beach to enjoy the sand and waves. Peruvians were fishing and seemed to find us swimming a bit comical, the water was a bit chilly. After we had swam for a decent amount of time, we all migrated back to the hotel for a bit of time in the pool and then dinner. After dinner, we were all tired, but a group of us gathered outside near my hotel room. Gracie (USA), Tiia (Finland), Jared (Canada), Els (Netherlands) and I all had a dancing party. The dancing eventually morphed into a giant card match of Kemps with some additional girls from France, Belgium, and Victor from Denmark.
After Kemps, we all returned to our rooms. I was rooming with Tiia, Jeanne, Els, and Nadja (Switzerland). We all decided that we should make a giant bed (we pushed all the beds of the room together), watch a movie, and eat junk food. Overall, it was a very successful first day.
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