Trip to Chiclayo II

Chiclayo is a wonderful city, capital of Lambayeque, Perú. It holds many secrets from ancient civilizations, some which have come to light, some that are still hidden deep down, waiting to be discovered.

There are many places in and close to the city that can be visited, such as the Museo de Tumbas Reales, Tucume or the Huaca Rajada. These places hold ancient artifacts and ruins from pre-Incan civilizations (the Moche and the Lambayeque). Here, you can learn a lot about their culture, customs, life... Learning about them improves our culture and knowledge, making us more cult.

Besides being rich in culture, the tourist attractions are beautiful and stunning. An example would be the pyramids in Tucume, these, at first sight, seem like small mounts, but then you learn that all of them (around 26) are pyramids, and that our ancestors somehow built them all those years ago without the need of any advanced machinery. This leaves you surprised, stunned at how the time hasn't made them fall to the ground yet, stunned at how many there are.

Another example would be the Huaca Rajada with its tombs deep underground, and it's hidden copper and gold. Here, their leaders were buried with all their luxuries, with everything necessary to live their new life. They had food, drinks, their wives, guardians,...

There are many more examples for this, but listing them all would take a really long time. All of the places are simply beautiful and worth a visit.

About the flora and fauna, there's not much that we learned about them. We did learn, though, that the Algarrobo was, and still is, a very important plant. From them you can get firewood, algarrobina, and many insects live in them.

To finish up, Chiclayo is a beautiful city, with a great cultural value for our country and the world. It's a city that is worth visiting. It has many things that are not only pretty, but also really valueable. You learn a lot jby just being there. You see amazing things, truthfully, once you leave, you will want to come back again.

Corruption

    Eigen speaks mostly about Africa, can you think of some examples in Latin America where corruption may be leading to bad social results?

-Peru. Over the years, we’ve had many problems with corruption that affect the peace of our society, it has always been present and it has always affected our way of life. Other examples are pretty much all of Latin America, since many countries have problems with it.

     Why do Northern countries think that bribery is ok in the developing world?   What is the impact on the relationship between the producer companies and developing world in this scheme?

-      - Because it is something that happens all the time, everywhere in the world. People use bribery to get what they want and they get bribed to by others because they want the money to get what they need/want. The impact it has in this relationship is quite complex

      What does Eigan mean when he refers to “Soft Power” and “Civil Society”? 

-Soft Power, a power someone or something has but that is not strong or extreme. A power that you have over someone softly, not forcing people to do what you want, just slowly convincing them.
 Civil society would probably be the piece of society that still has their values and thinks about what is going on and wants to stop it because there is a need to and because it goes against their morals.
Civil society: Civils.People that don't work for the governent.

      What presidential election will you first be eligible to vote in?

-The one after the next one, 2019.

      How important is the issue of corruption to you?

-Very important. This affects the society and the way it works. It makes our society ugly. If we have a corrupt society, then people lose what they shouldn't and people gain what they shouldn't and our society simply turns unfair.

    What are you prepared to do about it?

-There’s not really much I can do about it. But I could try not to fall into it and teach the people around me about it, so they can avoid it.

Trip to Chiclayo

• What did you do in the trip week?
• Was it fun/interesting/educational...?
• What was the best part?
• What was something you would change?
• What did you learn?
• Would you like to do the same next year, or something similar/different?

1. We did lots of walking and looking around. We went to museums, archaeological sites, a forest, small towns, the city, a restaurant....We learned many things, we discovered new things, we saw new things, new things everywhere.
2. Yes, it was fun. Yes, it was interesting. Yes, it was educational. Yes, it was anything positive you can think of. The place was nice, and the weather was nice (although it was too sunny). Even if it was a study trip, it was really fun. And because it was a study trip, it was educational.
   The guides were great and the information was interesting, nothing failed to impress me.
3. ....Everything. I loved the trip. All the places we went to were great in their own ways, even when we had to walk a lot and I was tired. There was no best part, besides sleeping. Everything was nice and new and interesting. It was all beautiful and I feel that I know a lot more about my country now.
4. Maybe they could let us choose our roommates next time...Also, maybe getting two buses with big enough windows to breath instead of only one with them and the other one with tiny windows that don't let much air in. But, besides that, there is nothing else I would change.
5. Lots of things. Too much to say here, really. I learned a lot of things about the Mochica culture, about the city of Chiclayo, about Lambayeque, about San Roque and their products, about Peruvian history,  about the ancient citizens...Many things.
6. Yes, yes, next year and all the years to come. Exactly the same thing. The trip was lovely and everything was amazing. Definitely would go again.