Travel to Peru, Trujillo.

We caught a night bus from Ica to Trujillo unfortunately the bus arrived at the terminal at the unearthly hour of 4am and not knowing the area at all we and few other passengers sat in the tiny bus terminal until day light when it was more of a reasonable hour to look for a hostel. Trujillo is a bustling city surrounded by desert we decided to stay in a small fishing village just outside Trujillo called Huanchaco so we could enjoy the beach and be only 15 minutes away by collectivos these are small mini buses.

This is a tale to be told, there are many of these type of buses on the roads, all driven by an erratic driver along with his side kick a young man who collects the fares and controls the sliding door, this means he stands in the door well of the bus with the door usually open and him dangerously hanging out of the door shouting in a sing along voice to the by standers on the road side giving them the destination of the bus hoping for new customers. As a new customer gets on the bus he slams the
Huanchaco
The local pelican on the beach door shut for a few minutes while he collects the fares, before starting this routine again all the while the bus is being driven at break neck speed, braking sharply when it has to stop for customers or for other traffic, and another crazy thing is at different points along the bus route the conductor will jump out of the bus while its still travelling at lest 20 mph and place a slip of paper into a time clock machine, this is always was done at such an erratic speed and as if the amount of time to complete this operation is really important (surly this shock to his knee joints will cause him so much damage and pain in the future)but once he had docked the paper he then stood around for several moments before boarding the bus again we couldn't quite work out the reason for this procedure, and us the passenger would slip and slide in and out of your seats with of course no seat belts provided ! The collectivo bus journey is an experience in its self.

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