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Cajamarca Slideshow
Cajamarca
Travel Blogs from Cajamarca, Peru
PERU:CELENDIN;death ride
we get on a bus midday...and thankfully i sleep most of the way as lukey admitts he was worried we were going to drive off the cliff a number of times on route. i drag lukey this way, as its the most adventurous way to get to keulap...a further 15 ...
From Cajamarca to Chachapoyas
After yet another epic night bus journey we arrived in Cajamarca. After a little rest we jumped on a mini bus and went to explore Inca tombs, beautiful gardens and a funny diary farm- random! Next day feeling a little stiff from all our travels, we ...
Water...
About 8 hours inland from Trujillo, the city of Cajamarca was my next stop. Here the theme clearly hovered around water for two reasons, or should I say two visits: the Inca baths and the Cumbe Mayo with its excellent example of Inca mastery of irrigation ...
PERÙ:CAJAMARCA:inca baths and cumbe mayo
... the usual of trying to find a reasonable hostel/hotel. once one is found we head off to the main plaza to explore. cajamarca is really nice.again it has a lovely main plaza, where families, couples and old men and women hang out all day and ...
Welcome to Cajamarca
... happy! It smelled a bit sulphorous though... We stayed there for about half an hour then went to the cinema. I'd already discovered Cajamarca wasn't as remote as I'd been expecting (there was internet next to my house for starters) but it was still a bit ...
Cajamarca to Iquitos via Chachapoyas & Yurimaguas
We arrived in Cajamarca which is a lovely town that is famous for its cheeses, Inca baths and Inca tombs. After a good night sleep we decided to cram as much sightseeing as we could in a day. First stop was a little walk uphill to the Inca tombes which ...
Return to Civilisation
The day after drinking too much, we had to catch a minibus to Chota then a coach to Cajamarca. Cleverly, I got in the back of the minibus, which meant I felt completely awful by the time I got on the bus. Great! Alex gave me some kind of tablet so luckily ...
Cajamarca et ses bains
Voir Chiclayo pour les commentaires et les photos. La flemme. Go to see Chiclayo comments. Too lazy ...
Baños del Inca y Ventanillas de Otuzco
... fait toujours du bien de se délasser quelques heures dans l'eau chaude! Les Glücks décident de rentrer à Cajamarca, tandis que je poursuis vers les Ventanillas de Otuzco, site funéraire troglodyte - impossible de savoir à quelle distance ...
Cajamarca - Chiclayo
... Cajamarca.The route can be made directly, the transport is performed by buses, these buses depart and return from Chiclayo to Cajamarca daily in the mornings, afternoons and evenings. The transport companies that go over this road are: Linea, among ...
Cajamarca
... se puede visitar el cuarto del rescate, que fue aquel que los incacas llenaron con oro y plata a cambio de la libertad del Inca Atahualpa. el rescate se cobro pero igual lo ejecutaron. Cajamarca es un lugar bastante movido y con una gastronomia muy buena. ...
Relaaax and then more history...
Banhos del Inca (hot springs that were already enjoyed by the Incas) and then Ventanillas de Otuzco (pre-incan cementary of the Cajamarca ...
Home Sweet Home
... three hours to kill, I ran down to Banos del Inca, 6k from the city, and just ran around that town. I headed back to Cajamarca, rand randomly through that city, and then did laps around a track with Eric. At 65 degrees F, the climate was perfect. At an ...
Cajamarca in the Andes
I´d imagine the bus journey from Chiclayo to Cajamarca has spectuclar scenery changing from desert coatline to the lush green mountains. I didn´t notice however as it was dark and I was asleep for the whole journey. Cajamarca is a nice town. In fact ...
PDM, A world map, and thinking critically
... hear what is essentially an opposing view point built from real experience. After PDM ended, I used the opportunity to go to Cajamarca for their carnival. Cajamarca is actually pretty close to my site and is a beautiful mountain town of ...
a hot shower !
... were in cages especially the larger birds and cats, some of which didn't look in the best condition. We now find ourselves in Cajamarca a large town in the northern highlands. We have got off the bus and got ourselves a hostel which is nice to do things ...
CAJAMARCA REGISTRADA
Cajamarca is one of Peru's oldest cities, where Atahualpa finally lost to the crown, if I remember correctly. The bus ride is interesting in that they video everybody before setting out, I assume because buses have been robbed by passengers. Peru ...
Parrilla..pf!!!! Anyone for deep-fried Aussies??
... and conquer. ¨25 Dead in local Bus Tradgegy¨ headlined the following days´newspaper. Somewhere yesterday a bus originating in Cajamarca had gone over a cliff edge. This morning numerous coffins were paraded through the town, accompanied by the ...
Kuntur Wasi
I decided to go toKuntur Wasi, an archological site. But it was not so spectacular like on the fotos. Mostly the hole site was cover by ...
Visiting Mountain Communities
... level you can really feel it. Between the altitude and the food and water which is often suspect in Peru we spent a couple days adjusting in Cajamarca. Monday morning we headed left via a combi to San Marcos. A combi is just a ...
Stone Forest
The main attraction I wanted to see in Cajamarca was a ´Stone Forest´ outside of town. It was about half an hour by bus and we went from 2700 to 3300 metres. We stopped on the road up and i walked onto a structure at viewpoint which was high up. Cumbe ...
Some Respite
... here are found some pre-Incan aqueducts that stretch for many kilometres and used to eventually feed the old settlement near Cajamarca. The scenery was impressive with wind-eroded pillars of andesite or some similar volcanic rock and the air was fresh ...
Cajamarca et Bain de l'Inca.
... en rancon de la vie de Atahualpa, roi inca.Il le tuera malgre tout. Puis nous allons dans les deux premiers hopitaux de Cajamarca, l'un pour les femmes, l'autre pour les hommes. Ensuite je retourne a l'hotel pour mettre mes sacs dans une autre piece, ...
This is where history was written...
Cajamarca (2 700 m above sea level) Cuarto del Rescate, Archeologic Museum, San Francisco Church... ...
Back to the highlands
... get some dirty looks from the guide for chatting when he is trying to talk. The guide is particularly proud of Cajamarca's new airport, a small runway with three flights a day to Lima and we four westerners couldn't help but snigger when he proudly ...
Cajamarca
Cajamarca is a pleasent colonial town. Its interesting to work around and watch the colonial buildings. Further on is this town importent for the Inca history. The last Inca chairman has been here caught and killed by Spaniers. The room where he has been ...
Eating guinea pig
After Cumbe Mayo I went with a Peruvian couple and the French and Swiss girls to a restaurant. Looking at the options, Guinea Pig soon came up in conversation. I never realised it was a national dish until I came here but I was feeling adventurous so I ...
Carneval
... verkleidet bin. Ich denke mal mein europäisches Aussehen reicht hier, um in ein Fotoalbum zu kommenJ. Ansonsten ist Cajamarca geschichtlich sehr mit dem Untergang des Inkareichs verbunden. Es heißt, dass der Inka Herrscher Atahualpa hier erstmalig auf ...
almost like The Alps
... in the way of other vehicles and offer passengers and their teenage drivers zero protection in the case of an accident. Cajamarca is famous in Peru because it is where the Conquistadores met the Incas for the first time. They met in the main square where ...