El Senor de Sipan

We leave La posada de los Tumpis heading towards Chiclayo.
After Mancora the road cuts through desertic mountains

or simply flat desert

Sometimes, after hundreds of kms of sandy desert we suddenly find ourselves in the middle of a green oasis.
The locals, thanks to the water coming from the rivers flowing from the sierras, with hard work are able to reclaim some of this ground and use it to plant sugar cane or palms.

After crossing 200kms of pure desert from Piura to Chiclayo, we decide to spend a couple of nights in this friendly town.
Chiclayo is famous for 2 things: the market and the Senor of Sipan
We really loved the market. It covers a huge area nord of town with stands selling everything you can possibly need.
Elena called it the Selfridges of Peru.

Ok, it is not as flashy as Selfridges but I bet in London they do not have a whole section dedicated to whitches and magic.

In 1987 Walter Alva and Louis Chero made a sensational discovery in the area. They uncovered the tomb of el Senor de Sipan, a ruler Mocha of the 3rd century AC.
As per today,excavation works are sill carried out on this huge site.

We were the only visitors at the site and had the priviledge to meet Louis Chero himself

During the second part of the tour we went to see the museum of the royal tombs of Sipan.
established in 2002 it contains all the findings from the tombs.
Unfortunately we were not allowed to take any pictures (for security reason) but we can safely say that this was one of the best museums we ever saw.
In particular our guide (Cecilia from Sipan Tour) was absolutely brilliant and made us enjoy every second of the visit.