Project Paint: Still at it. Rocking the Peacock Blue.

We made a lot of progress over the weekend, but came no where close to finishing, as I’d hoped would happen! The scope crept a little more… we ripped out the built in shelves in our closet. It required some major spackling after that! Yay! We’re going to replace the old shelving with some Elfa [...]

Sinking car on Huanchaco Beach.

We ran into this scene the morning after camping on the beach last weekend. As we walked up to the group of people, I thought there might be a beached whale or something. But no, it was a sinking, wrecked SUV.

I didn’t get an explanation as to why the car was there, although I’m [...]

July 4th on Huanchaco Beach

Scott and I “celebrated” the 4th by camping out on the beach last night. I put celebrated in quotes because it was just another Saturday for the Peruvians.
Surprisingly, there weren’t even any random fireworks last night! Didn’t they know it was America’s birthday?! And doesn’t that make them want to blow stuff up?! It [...]

Overcast graffiti.

I’ve given up on complaining about the overcast weather here in Huanchaco. I think the drabness actually fits this little run down town. Bright sunshine would only mask it’s underlying grungy charm. These shots of some local graffiti are good examples. Peeling paint lit by gray skies seems to work really well.
   
p.s. The sun [...]

Killing bugs and time in Huanchaco.

Our little apartment here in Huanchaco has a serious ant problem… First it was the huge, flying crickets. Now it’s the daily ant attacks. Ugh.
At first the ants were benign lines marching from here to there in our apartment, with no particular goal that we could find. They’ve caught on to the human occupants though, [...]

Old dog on Huanchaco beach.

I braved the somewhat chilly weather the other day to sit on the beach with my iPod, a camp chair and a thermos of coffee and Bailey’s. I met this old dog, who was looking for something to eat.
He had two huge growths on his belly that looked like they were [...]

Huanchaco Gardens Petting Zoo

The sun came out for about an hour yesterday. It was glorious! I immediately grabbed my laptop, Micro Econ book and a cold bevvie and headed to the pool on the grounds of our hotel. I knew my time was short, otherwise I would have done a little more prep and gone out to the [...]