Our day began with breakfast at the hostel in Huanchaco....scambled eggs, bread with jam, pineapple juice and coffee! A bus picked us up at 8:30 for a day of shopping and a little sightseeing. We spent much of the morning in the central part of Trujillo!
We went through a market where I saw the biggest avacado that I have ever seen! Looked wonderful! I tried a piece of local fruit. It had seeds inside and you just scooped them out and ate it. Tasted a little like grapefruit. Very good! I liked it anyway. The market was awesome! They butcher and hang the meat right in the market....beef, chicken etc.
The afternoon was spent at Huaco de la Sol, which is the Moon Temple where the native Moche carried out many of there religious rituals. Rituals......like human sacrafices...there own people. The Moche and the people that lived in Chan Chan were rivals. The picture to the left is the outside wall of the 5th Temple.
Four other temples are with in the outer wall.Then the evening ended with supper back in Huanchaco. We eat a local restaurants in the evening. Some nights regular food. Tonight, I ordered something a little different. Cevieche....raw fish, octopus and calamari.
It is all uncooked with the exception of the lemon juice they put it in and they say that cooks it.
It was amazing! I absolutely loved it. Then another local dish for my meal. I had what they called a tortilla....but was more of an egg and batter mixture with shrimp in it. It was very good.Enough of a little fun! Tomorrow back to the realy work, winning over the people of the barrio and pouring some cement.
Thank you for your continued prayers.
Good night and God Bless!
Mitch
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