Piura was a different place. Northern Peru in general is rather different from the part of Peru I have already seen. Suddenly, it felt like I was the only tourist in town. I suppose almost all of the visitors were making a beeline to Machu Picchu and Cusco in the south, and no one bothered to check out the north.
I stayed in Piura for a couple of days. I checked out the small town, as well as neighbouring areas like Catacaos. Here are some photos.
Piura is a dusty town, as it is in the middle of the desert, though there are some broken roads due to recent El Nino flooding. There's a small town centre, and a church. Of course, there's a central plaza, a Plaza de Armas.
At one point, I opted to go to Catacaos and check out the town and its market. I took a microbus to get there, which is essentially a suburb of Piura. The market didn't look too interesting, so I just checked out the church, which had very interesting and eye-catching frescoes.
