Today in Salaverry, Peru was a great place to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. 50 years ago I would have never guessed that this would be the location for us to celebrate it. While the ship arrived at 6am, we were not permitted off the ship until around 8am. This busy little port serves Trujillo, a city of around 1,000,000 people. A ship full of soybeans for chicken feed was tied up across the pier from us.
We easily found our guide and our small bus which we rode for the day. We visited the ruins at Haucas del Sol and La Luna. La Luna was the largest and most open for visiting. From there we visited the main square in Trujillo with its baroque architecture, beautiful church and city hall and a prominent house (Urquiaga Mansion) where Simon Bolivar once slept. We then visited the archeological ruins at Chan Chan before heading to Huanchaco where we observed the reed boats and enjoyed ceviche #5 which was quite good.
Back on the ship we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary with dinner in the Pinnacle Grill which was a 5 course meal cooked by a Peruvian chef. It took nearly 3 hours for the meal but we enjoyed the company of a couple from Montreal who both had PhD's in chemistry. We then caught the 10pm variety show with the mentalist and the pianist, Pablo.
We don't arrive in Callao until 10am and have an 11 hour tour scheduled. Stay tuned.
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