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Monthly Archives: January 2011

The Caverns of Quiocta

Monday, January 31, 2011

25 November 2010 AMAZONES, PERU–It was Thanksgiving Day, our first Thanksgiving together, and our last day in Chachapoyas. We had half-jokingly planned to celebrate the date with a feast of roast guinea pig and pisco sours but if we were going to see more Chachapoyan archeological sites we had to maximize our time. We needed […]

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The Mausoleums of Revash

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

24 November 2010 REVASH, AMAZONES, PERU–Morning came too early. After two days of hiking we were sore and during the night we found our new hotel was on the path home for night-club revelers. The acoustics of the street funneled the sound directly into our room and it sounded much like drunken apes at the […]

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The Waterfall of Gocta

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

23 November 2010 GOCTA, AMAZONES, PERU–From miles away you can see the cataract falling in a thin, silvery stream. The line bisects green jungle and is in two stages, falling to one shelf and then, much farther, to a base that cannot be seen until right upon it. In order to get right upon it […]

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Kuelap: Mountain Fortress of the Chachapoyans

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

22 November 2010 KUELAP–When Hiram Bingham became the first scientific  discoverer of Machu Pichu he and the world thought he had discovered the lost city of Vilcapampa, the last redoubt of the Incas where they retreated to under Manco Inca and fought a long and bitter guerilla war against the Spanish. Manco Inca was murdered […]

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Peruvian Place Names Noted From Road Signs Near Chachapoyas…

Thursday, January 13, 2011

CHUCHAPAMPA MARIA LONGUITA CHOCTAMAL PIZUQUIA TINGO COLCAMAR LEYMABAMBA PEDRO RUIZ CHACHAPOYAS TINGOR BAMBA COCA HUAYCO LA COCA COCACHIMBA GOCTA

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Photos of Chachapoyas

Thursday, January 13, 2011

21 November 2010 CHACHAPOYAS–We arrived in Chachapoyas and tried several hotels before we found a free room. When we rounded a corner and entered the main square we found out why. Chachapoyas, with a population of a little over 20,000, is the capitol of the Amazones region and the day we arrived the city was […]

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Can You Tell Me How to Get, How to Get to Chachapoyas Street???

Thursday, January 13, 2011

21 November 2010 CHACHAPOYAS—The previous evening we had been solicited for cabs several times while walking the few blocks from the bus station to Hotel Casablanca. We knew we needed to find a cab or collectivo (nothing more than a shared cab to offset the cost of a trip) to take us on to Chachapoyas […]

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A Morning Stroll in Pedro Ruiz

Monday, January 10, 2011

21 November 2010 PEDRO RUIZ—It was Sunday and we tried to be good, get up early and go to church. I put on my black, traveling tie and she put on a long, tartan wool skirt and we decided, despite being Protestants, to go with the local consensus and find the Catholic place of worship.  […]

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