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Fantastiske og "urørte" pre-Inca ruiner i Kuélap!
Jo lengre vi er i Peru, jo flere skatter er det som åpenbarer seg, og vi har jaggu vanskelig for å gi slipp på dette landet! Siste stopp, som vi bare må ha med oss blir derfor ruinene i Kuélap. Disse er veldig lite besøkt, og de fleste reiser bare forbi på turen fra Ecuador og nordre Peru. Nettopp derfor er det veldig behagelig å reise her. Nesten …
Made It!
There is nothing much to recommend Pedro Ruiz but I had a good nights sleep after a long travel day and was looking forward to heading to Chachapoyas - again by collectivo. The road there is now paved so it was an easy ride and we arrived at about 11. We found Hotel Casa Vieja and settled in. Chachapoyas was the third town settled by the Spaniards …
Magical Kuelap
Kuelap was one of the main sites I wanted to visit in Peru and today...I'm going! We booked a tour with a company that was recommended by someone in Iquitos. We left at 8:30 and it would be a 3 hour drive. I think it's only about 60 Km from Chachas but you have to understand the condition of the roads here. And, to make things even more exciting, …
A little bit of luxury
Our first destination in Peru was Chachapoyas. This is a great base for exploring a lot of the pre-Incan ruins in the region. Our journey to Chachapoyas consisted of more collectivos and a couple of tuk tuks! One of our fellow mini bus passengers was a 10 year old boy who got quite sick from all the twists and turns and the bumps on the unpaved …
Kuelap: The Cloud Warriors
Today we visited the ancient Chachapoyan fortress home called Kuelap. This walled city was built about a thousand years before the Inkas took over the entire country and is referred to as the largest edifice of stone in the Americas. The fortress sits on top of a beautiful mountain in a circle of beautiful mountains. Theories about whether the …