Monthly Archives: November 2013

Arrival in Kandungos

First we passed the military base: rows of empty barracks that now house a total of seven soldiers. Strangely deserted, a charred helicopter carcass served as a de facto monument to the war with Ecuador only ten years in the past. Next to the military base, we began to see a line of roofs on […]

Traveling to Kandungos-part two

Getting on the night bus to Chiclayo in Lima was something like boarding a plane; we had to leave our baggage at the counter and walk through a metal detector which beeped angrily at us, but we were waved on board anyways. Seated in huge reclining armchairs, we were served an airplane-like meal with miniature […]