Two blocks from our hotel is the pre-Incan site of ‘Huaca Pucllana’, founded by what is known as the ‘Lima Culture’. We headed down in the morning for a tour and quickly realize how fortunate we have been with private guides rather than the big group tours. Originally a complex of multiple pyramids, much of…
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Oct 13 thru 15 – Lima Another early flight! Our Sunday (the 13th) flight from Cajamarca to Lima required a 4:30 get-up-and-go. The Cajamarca airport is pretty small and was really busy, even at that time of day. We bid farewell to Enrique and Julio – a great driver/guide combo. Our lodging in Lima is…
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Today’s drive is to be a long one – 8 hours on small winding roads through the heart of the Andes and over 12,000 feet at some points. Originally, we were to leave around 9:00 AM, but learned last night the road will be closed at 8:00 and that there is no alternate route. So,…
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Mary is having some follow-up stomach issues so Julio and I head to the tiny village of San Bartolo to visit a Chachas funerary complex with mausoleums built high into limestone cliffs at an altitude some 9,100 feet above sea level. Very remote, the village is really cool. Living looks to be unchanged from hundreds…
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