The Warrior Duck and Other Tales

......the battle of the sand was a legendary battle which took place in the town of Mancora, Peru. Mancora is set on the Pacific surrounded by a vast desert with sandy mountains hemming it in along the coast. It was in this sleepy seaside hamlet the great war of the sand was enacted between a small but powerful Irish army and an equally small but weak Dutch one. The Irish in victorious celebration had to be reminded after a night on the rum and coke what had happened on the beachy battleground. Mancora, not much to do but its hot, sandy and full of cheap rum......
Night buses are a pain in the arse, literally. They are made even worse when people open the windoiws in the middle of the night to cool down. These people should just take of a jacket instead of freezing my balls off. It was after one such trip I found myself in Trujillo. A functional town with a serene central park. The skies where grey so we (2 Dutch, 2 Quebecuers) fled to Huanchaco. The sky was grey there too. But we stayed, wraqpped up in our winter clothes. This is the site of two ancient sites. Chan Chan and Huaca del Sol y de la Luna. Both spectacular and in the desert. Bald dogs roam the sites and angry unofficial guides try to scam money off you but it is worth it just to see the fantastic murals at Huaca de la Luna. In a word it is stunning. I know where South Park got its inspiration from.......
And in this temple they found the warrior Duck. If my Spanish is worth a damn I believe the duck was the spiritual animal of a great warrior of the Moche people. And since they recorded everything through pottery and murals, they have found warrior duck vases in the temples. Looks like Duck Dodgers, seriously.
¿How many people can you fit in a taxi in Peru?
8
¿How many people can you fit into a small Hiace van in Peru?
23
This is how comfortable it is travelling here people.
Good bye
Up the Dubs.