| Nov 7, 2005 - Trujillo, Peru
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| Actually got to, and on, both buses without problems. Whew! Had a very comfortable and clean bus with a bathroom and a movie from Piura to Chiclayo, then got on a hard and grungy bus without a bathroom, yet from the exact same company and the same terminal in Chiclayo, on my way to Trujillo. All of the buses I have taken have shown a movie at some point, though usually it is an American movie dubbed in Spanish without any subtitles. Even if my Spanish is improving, I am nowhere cloes to being able to understand movies or songs. So sometimes I'll watch them and understand a bit (as I did with The Rock's Standing Tall), but usually I'll tune them out (like the second bus from this day with The Day After Tomorrow, which was actually a bootleg being filmed in a theater and the TV skipped nnstop). However, I was lucky enough on my first bus to get a good movie and in English. Heat with Deniro and Pacino. But, dammit, that must be one long movie beacuse it still seemed to be a few minutes away from ending when we got to Chiclayo, which I swear took about 3 hours I thought. So don't tell me the ending, I'll see it someday. I also watched Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard on the way home to Cuenca from Baños two weekends ago.
Um, anyway. Got into Trujillo, and got to my hostal. Just walked around the city/town center for a bit, which is the Plaza de Armas with a statue in the middle representing (all these different things that I can't remember but will fill in later). While wandering I found an American Airlines office, and was able to go in and change my ticket again. Remember, when I left New York they made me move it to December, but as of now I am coming home on Wednesday June 7th. Gurantee that is not the final date though. I thought I was going to have to do this in Lima, which is one of the main reasons I was going to spend a day in that dirty city which every person I have met has told me to avoid. So now I am excited that I don't have to deal with that, though I will probably at leat spend one day and night there anyway. In the Plaza de Armas I got swarmed by shoeshine boys and people trying to sell tours, but I was able to turn both around. The kids ended up being really cute and funny, and we just talked for a while and then I took their picture. And once I was able to talk Spanish to the tour dude he dropped that subject and we just started chatting. In the end him and his friend accompanied my to get some food, and even took me out with them later that night. Very cool.
I should mention the food thing too. I'm getting really good at subsisting on very little. At least, especially on days when I am just sitting on my butt on a bus all day. Today's meals were 2 mangoes for breakfast, a packet of Ritz crackers for lunch, and then a hearty and satisfying dinner of Chicken, rice, potatoes, and avocado for less than $2.
And that's about it. Decided to take tomorrow to see some famous sites around Trujillo instead of hopping right back on another bus. |
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