Finally, A Visit To Chicama!

After a couple of false starts, I’ve finally managed to get my Chicama experience!  Rolling out of Huanchaco with my companions after dark, we overcame all the odds to catch a bus from a junction somewhere in Trujillo and then blunder through the patchy streetlight in Chicama town to find accommodation.  All hostels were full [...]

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Finally, Evidence That I Can Surf…

Thanks to my friend Syl’s big fat SRL camera with a huuuge zoom lens, she was able to snap a couple of pictures of me out for a paddle a couple of days ago.  These are the pretty much the first shots of me surfing that I’ve ever had, so I’m very excited and want [...]

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Me Engaño

Boooo, the swell arrived late…just as I started my teaching again!  No Chicama trip to gloat about; never mind, I’ll be here for a few months yet and I’m sure to get the opportunity another time. In the meantime, bumped into this fairly impressive piece of graffiti in Trujillo.  Great photo courtesy of my Beligian [...]

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Childish Excitement

One of the downsides of teaching English in El Cultural in Trujillo is that you have to work a seven day week.  Yup.  Because of this I’ve been sacrificing chickens in the kitchen sink for the last two weeks hoping that there will be a big swell coming through for the end of the month [...]

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Paradise Found

Following my comments a month or so ago for my lust for the ocean, I’ve taken the bait sooner than expected.  With a pause in progress with the work with COCLA while they tidy up the business plan that I’ve helped with and do the run-around for funding, I’ve made a dash for the seaside. [...]

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Mavericks goes off

While the poor folks of the Sacred Valley are picking up the bits of their houses, infamous Californian big wave break Mavericks went off the top the charts this weekend, registering up to 50ft swells according to the San Francisco Chronicle! The crowds that swarmed to the clifftops overlooking the contest were so big that [...]

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