Huanchaco and The Temple of the Sun and Moon

 Last weekend Kerry and I risked our lives and took a bus to the Huanchaco on the north coast of Peru.  We rode through the night and arrived in Huanchaco early in the morning.  We were driven to a beach/surfing town and this is where we stayed in the Brocamonte hotel.  It was very nice.  We slept for a couple of hours and hen headed out or a short tour of the town and a tour of the Temple of the Sun and the moon.

 Here is a view of the city of Huanchaco

This is a colonial style church that is on a high hill over looking the town which is where I took the last picture. 

Here is a picture of the beach and the waves.  World wide surfing tournaments happen here because of the consistency and size of the waves here.  Next time we come, I surf!!

Another Surf City picture.

Statue of a Moche Native.  This is the native people that were in this area before the Incas.  I believe from 200 BC to about 600 AD.  I am sure my lovely wife will correct me though.  But it is something like that. 

This is the temple of the moon.  This temple was built and then hundreds of years later covered with adobe brick and a new temple built on top of it and this happened five times.  The great thing about it is that the paintings are preserved and everything is original or about 80% of it is.  

The museum.

These are the preserved paintings on the temple walls. 

This is the Temple of the Sun which is not as well uncovered because they ran out of money to uncover it.  

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