hApPy NeW yEaR

For a year full of color and joy... best wishes for everybody. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008!

saving time?

Sometimes, people wants to save time and money ... seriously :S

sandboarding...

At home again... today , my friends and I went to Conache dunes for sandboarding. Summer is starting and it's more dificult to walk on the sand.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Singing

These guys sang christmas songs for almost two hours. It was very nice and give us a touch of quiet in middle of shopping time.

Christmas tree - 02

Hello elf... a Santa's assistant showing his christmas tree.

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Star tree!...

Sweet Nativity

I'll show some of the decorations from the "Christmas Lights Festival"... I start with this pic, a sweet nativity for everybody :)

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Les mostraré algunas de las decoraciones del "Festival de Luces y Colores"... comienzo con esta foto, un tierno nacimiento para todos :)

The Empire State in Trujillo

The Empire State Building in Trujillo? ... maybe! XD

Two guys take one photo to someone with this wood replica of this famous building for selling it. Kids are the most enthusiastic.

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El "Empire State" en Trujillo?... tal vez XD

Dos chicos toman fotos a quien desee con una réplica de madera de este famoso edificio para luego venderla. Los niños son los más entusiastas.

Lamps on tree

I saw a nice detail on a Christmas Tree, my favorite theme: lamps :)

Main Square Trujillo is the place of the " Christmas Lights Festival", some local enterprises participate with an original tree. I'll show you some of these trees on the next post.

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Vi un detalle en un árbolito de navidad, mi tema favorito además: farolitos :)

La Plaza de Armas de Trujillo es el lugar del "Festival de Luces y Colores", algunas empresas locales participan con un original árbol. Les mostraré algunos de estos árboles en un siguiente post.

Faith walking

On 15th December, many devotees of the "Virgin from the door" (Virgen de la Puerta) visit the city of Otuzco by the feasts of the Virgin Mary, some of them prefer to walk 75 km as a sign of devotion.

When I went back to Trujillo, I found some of these pilgrims on the road.

Cada 15 de diciembre, muchos devotos de la Virgen de la Puerta, visitan la ciudad de Otuzco por las fiestas de la Virgen María, algunos prefieren caminar 75 Km como muestra de devoción.

De regreso a Trujillo, encontré a algunos de estos peregrinos en el camino.

Toys with moche design

I visited to artisans in wood from Magdalena de Cao, they made toys with design moche, a simple way to show the historic and old people from that place.

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Visité a algunos artesanos en madera de Magdalena de Cao, quienes han hecho juguetes con diseños moche, esta es una simple manera de mostrar a los antiguos e históricos habitantes de ese lugar.

a touch of blue

At Trujillo downtown you can see similar old houses, some of them rent a part of the house and the new tenants paint only their part... this no so good, but is a curious note from downtown.

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Another view

I was walking at Trujillo downtown and I saw the Cathedral of a different way, behind a metal net.
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estuve caminando por el centro de Trujillo y vi la Catedral en un ángulo diferente, detrás de una malla metálica.

Little town

This is a model of old Trujillo, surrounded by walls with four portals of entry, two of them still exist, including one keeps trees that give their welcome.

Esta es una maqueta del Trujillo antiguo, rodeado de parede, con cuatro portales de ingreso, dos de ellos aún existen, uno de los cuales aùn mantiene a sus arboles que dan la bienvenida.

Theme day: Bridge

If you want to go to Poroto, you have to cross this little bridge... it's very noisy. Bloggers from Daily City Photo Blog chose this theme today: Bridges. Enjoy these posts :)

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Two lamps

... just lamps :)

From my office

A daily view from my desk :)
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Una imagen diaria desde mi escritorio :)

Stones

Maybe, stones at the beach is no so good for some people, but if you walk carefully you can find even a starfish.

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Tal vez las piedras en la playa no es muy bueno para algunas personas, pero si caminas con cuidado puedes encontrar hasta una estrella de mar.

Quiet Sunday?

Some time ago, Sunday was the quit day of the week... but time is changing.

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Hace algùn tiempo los domingos eran los dìas más tranquilos de la semana... pero los tiempos cambian.

beeee

Hello spring!!!...
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Hola primavera!!!...

Black Flag

I saw these black flags today, it was very strange to see those flags on the stores, I guess this is related to the closure of this street for the cars, it will be a walking street and some stores aren't agree with the measure.

Hoy encontré estas banderas negras en el centro de la ciudad, fue muy extraño ver esas banderas sobre las tiendas, supongo que esto está relacionado con el cierre de esta calle para los autos, ahora será peatonal y algunas tiendas no estan de acuerdo con la medida.

Cactus

This cactus looks like a brain :S

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Este `cactus parece un cerebro :S

At night

01:00 am ... nobody is outside, just the silence with the wind... and me with my camera :)
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01:00 am ... nadie en las calles, solo el silencio y el viento... y claro, mi cámara y yo :)

Upside down

Sometimes the world is upside down...

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Algunas veces el mundo está al revés...

The best Juice... for me :)

If you come to Trujillo, you have to taste this juice (it's called "surtido"), it is prepared with many fresh fruits. This place is traditional, my dad used to come here when he was an student... :)

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Si visitas Trujillo, tienes que probar este jugo (le llaman "surtido"), está preparado con varias frutas frescas. Este lugar es tradicional, mi papá solía venir aquí cuando era estudiante... :)

Crabs!

" Cangrejo reventado", something like "Crab Busted"... a very popular dish in Trujillo. Crab is no so easy to eat but in this case, crab is previously destroyed, then it's mixed with a stew of potatoes, garlic, onions, egg and seaweed. Do you like taste it? :)

"Cangrejo Reventado" es un plato muy ípico de Trujillo, el cangrejo es previamente destrozado, luego es mezclado con guiso de papas, ajo, cebolla, huevo y algas. ¿Les gustaría probarlo? :)

On the door

...another door knocker.

Knock knock

Some historic details remain on the doors of some old colonial houses from the city center. On the day these door knockers can pass unnoticed, but can they become mysterious when you find their details over the night.

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Algunos detalles de historia quedan aún en las puertas de algunas casonas antiguas del centro de la ciudad. En el dia estas aldabas pueden pasar desapercibidas, pero pueden volverse misteriosas al buscar sus detalles por la noche.

Ritual Fishing

Today, Huanchaco participated in the Muchik Party with the Ritual Fishing, about 50 fishermen danced with their "caballito de totora" , then they go to the sea to celebrate their work. Our "Marinera norteña" was listened to for everybody too. Hoy Huanchaco participó en la Fiesta Muchik con el Ritual de Pesca, alrededor de 50 pescadoress artesanales danzaron con su caballito de totora y luego se lanzaron al mar para festejar su faena. La marinera norteña infaltable también!.

Lonely walk

If you go to Huanchaco beach, you'll always find this man and his horse. Spring is still cold but they work at the beach during all the year, he is a photographer. People visit this beach all the time, so he always will have clients.

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Si visitas la playa de Huanchaco, siempre encontrarás a este señor y su caballo. La primavera aún está fría pero ambos trabajan en la playa durante todo el año, él es fotógrafo. Mucha gente visita la playe todo el tiempo, así que él siempre tendrá clientes.

time to play

Sometimes, time for playing is gone... but sometimes we're like a child for minutes during the day ;)

Strawberries

Today was the Strawberry Festival in Menocucho (45 min from Trujillo), this fruit was sold directly by farmers from this town.
Hoy fue el Festival de Fresas en Menocucho (a 45 min deTrujillo), esta fruta fue vendida directamente por los productores de este pueblo.

Blue for everybody!

To get a nice blue, it will always be a good ally heaven. Today's theme day for City Daily Bloggers is my favorite color: Blue. Maybe sky is very obvious for this theme, but I think the sky never is the same whatever you are :)

118 bloggers are sharing their pics with the same theme: Blue, you can visit them

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Musica Criolla y Halloween

People celebrate Halloween in many places, here it's celebrated recently,... but, Peru always celebrate the Criolla Music's Day since many many years ago :)

The decoration of the Movie seems to me very original, specially of the TV girl (The ring) and the another ugly girl (The exorcist). When I was having dinner a group of university young men came in to the restaurant and played some of Música Criolla.

Mucha gente celebra Halloween en muchos lugares, aquí ésa costumbre es reciente... pero el Perú celebra el Día de la Canción Criolla desde hace muchos muchos años :)

La decoración de este cine me pareció muy original, especialmente por la chica de la tele (El Aro) y la otra niña fea (El exorcista). Cuando estuve cenando un grupo de universitarios entró al restaurante y tocó algunas canciones para celebrar a la canción criolla.

... + video bonus :)

food no so fast

Sometimes you can find some fruit seller on the corners, they offer cheap and fresh fruit, you just open the door and the fruit cycle is there. And, if you ask me what is "Chifa", well it woulld be another post :) ...Chifa is the Chinesse food in peruavian way, really delicious!

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A veces se puede encontrar a vendedores de frutas en las esquinas ofreciendo fruta fresca y barata, tú sólo abres y allí está el triciclo de fruta. Y, si me preguntan que es un "Chifa", bueno eso sería otro post :) ...Chifa es la comida china a la manera peruana, realmente muy bueno!

No Window

When I saw this wall I thought owners wanted an old colonial windows, in anyway!
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Cuando vi esta pared pensé que los propietarios quisieron su ventana colonial como sea.!

Lighting the faith

A detail of Saint Agustin Church.

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Un detalle de la Iglesia San Agustín

Animal Planet... TV

I saw this TV-aquarium yesterday , a funny idea! this is made specially for people who likes to watch tv for relaxing or see fishes for relaxing too, two things in one ;)
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Vi este acuario-tv ayer, realmente una idea graciosa!, esto está hecho especialmente para quien le gusta mirar tv para relajarse o ver peces para relajarse, dos en uno ;)

true colours

Paintings about Huanchaco Beach.

Pinturas de la Playa de Huanchaco.