A Weekend in Huanchaco

Peruvians take their holidays seriously so Mother's Day means cancelled classes on Friday and a school celebration with the children's moms. For us, it meant Friday morning off and some beach yoga. Though the yoga style and teacher weren't my style (I'll stick to Bikram, thank you), I very much enjoyed the beach part.

Huanchaco

We came back home for the delicious lunch that our 'housekeeper' of sorts prepares for us daily and to teach our private afternoon classes but then packed up for the beach again.  The rumour around Huanchaco was that there was going to be a big reggae beach party that night so we figured we'd get a cheap hostal room for the night and check it out. 

 Where the not-so-reggae party was at.

With Alyssa and Kin.

There was a party and everyone was there but it wasn't as beachy as we had hoped and our definition of reggae may be different than that of the locals who told us about the party...we had a few drinks at the Jungle Bar where they were playing Bob Marley and then left it to go to a reggae party where they were playing The Black Eyed Peas?! Clearly we didn't stay very long, but we made the most of the night anyway by getting some street meat  and playing some better music on the rooftop patio at our hostal. Oh, by the way, we couldn't open the door to my room so I had to crawl in through the window. That's what you get for 3$.

Street meat...spicy beef heart to the right. I wasn't brave enough to try it. 

Shenanigans: much better than clubbing.

Saturday Nicole and I took our first surf lesson while the others lied on the beach. I stood up on the first try and manage to catch about 8 waves in a row before I got a bit cocky and fell off 3 times in a row, but I caught all the subsequent waves. Our teachers were great and the waves perfect for beginners.  

My first wave...

...and my first ceviche. Delicious.

All seven of us then went to dinner at a nice Italian restaurant with Manuel and Luz for Alyssa's goodbye dinner before walking her to the bus station.

Plaza de Armas in Trujillo (Nicole, Erhick, Hannah, Ellie, me, and Kin)

Sunday we spent some time in Trujillo, but we simply couldn't get enough of the beach so we went back to Huanchaco to watch the sunset.

Despite the sunburn and the cold I caught, it was a lovely first weekend in Peru!

-S xo