Well, that holiday was certainly something of an adventure! It’s been a real shock to be back home (it was snowing earlier today in contrast to the 30 degree heat of Peru), back at work (bidding again), and discussing the state of my porch roof with the builder (we’ve agreed to wait until the next rainstorm and reassess its watertightness or otherwise). Plus it’s Christopher’s birthday today, so all in all I’m a bit down. I bought myself a big bunch of red tulips yesterday to help cheer me up, and they’re on the dining room table looking very bright and spring-like.
Thank you to the several people who have contacted me to tell me that the BBC is about to start a series on Lost Kingdoms of South America – Mondays 9pm BBC4. I watch very little TV, so may well have missed it otherwise, but I’ll make sure I watch the series! It looks like they will be going to Chan Chan, so I’ll be particularly interested to see if my guide’s description of the archaeology and the Chimu civilisation fits in with what the programme says.
I thought that some of the sites that I went to were off the beaten track – especially Pampa Grande on Christmas Day. But some of the places in the TV series apparently require a four-day trek through rainforest to reach, or involve abseiling down cliffs! I completely draw the line at that! Fording an unexpectedly deep river is about as off-piste as I’m prepared to go!
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Hope that by the end of the day you’ve had some good memories to counterbalance feeling down. Will be thinking of you and Christopher.
There’s a piece about the BBC programme on the main BBC website too, in case you haven’t spotted that.
Thanks! There’s some pictures towards the end of the slideshow that are very similar to some of the photos I took 🙂 Instantly recognisable as Chan Chan.
“abseiling down cliffs” – Why ever not!
You youngsters have no sense of adventure, eh?
In my day, etc, etc,etc….
(Well, actually, you maybe have a bit more than me walking up the Beacon!)
Q