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The long and winding road to Peru
... at 3,200m but I am happy to announce that I wasn’t the slowest!!!! I did find it difficult to catch my breath…….
Tomorrow we leave Chachapoyas heading towards the coast in Northern Peru. We have enjoyed being in the Andes Mountains but look forward to being at the sea again. Of course we do return to the Andes later this month when we visit Cusco and Lake Titicaca and then cross them on our way to the Peruvian Amazon region. ...
The longest journey
Chachapoyas
After our awesome border crossing from
Ecuador we arrived in Chachapoyas ready for a couple of down days.
What we hadn't counted on was there being insane scenery and about 10
amazing places to go and see around or relatively close to town. We
had neither the time or the energy for any of it and opted for a 2
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The interesting fortress/citadel of Kuelap
... can by size and importance only be compared to what Machu Picchu meant for the Inca’s. The purpose of this very large complex, 600m long and 110m wide, is still unclear since it has characteristics of both a military fort and a citadel with a lot of inhabitants.
Even though there isn’t much left of this site, we both were nonetheless impressed. The walls are almost fully intact and inside you can discover remains of a lot of houses, a ...
Hilltop Fortress
... become sheer. It is almost dark when we arrive at our turning for the campsite and turn on toa hairpin gravel access road.....yeah we get stuck trying to negotiate a tight enterence, it takes an hour or so hard work with the sanmats and pushing and shoving to get the truck moving and up to the campsite via an alternative route. So it is late supper and the tents are put up in a half built hotel - déjà vu!
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Des murailles gigantesques
... Kuelap était très bien protège par ces murailles aussi que par son architecture, les portes d’entrée sont large et haut de l’extérieur, mais en forme d’entonnoirs, elles aidaient les habitants à ce défendre de leurs agresseurs. Ici il y avait plusieurs familles qui partager la magnifique vue, ce peuple était différent des Incas dans leur constructions qui n’était pas du ...
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