Doris - 03 February 2010 09:43 AM
Aconcagua, thank you!
You also have great pictures of the region, don´t you? My father lived 2 years in Peru, and as a pilot he flew all over the place. I´ve grown up hearing of Machu Picchu, Titicaca lake, Iquitos and other fascinating places. And the Andes.
Luckily the archaeological sites have not suffer any harm, but I do feel very sorry for the local communities. The Indios and their ancient culture.
How long did you stay in Peru? Did you visit other regions?
Doris
Hello Doris! Yes, I have some nice photos, although the ones taken by professionals with better cameras are much more wonderful than mine, jejeje.
I cannot imagine how interesting it would be being able to fly over the entire region and the beauties that can be seen…
I only stayed for a fortnight, so I visited as much as I could during that time. I went to Lima, Trujillo (in the north) and a couple of nearby ruins, Nazca (in the south), Cuzco and the nearest ancient ruins, Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu.
Summer for them in the mountains means rain, heavy rain for a couple of hours, then stop, then rain again or not, and rain at night. The problem the had there was that it rained heavily for 4 or 5 days without stop.
I wasn’t there myself at that moment (luckily for me, I visited the area some days before that heavy rain); but I know people who was, so I know for sure peruvians said that rain was completely unusual. So serious was the problem that they made a special procession with a Christ known as “the black Christ”, that they only take out of the Cathedral when they are having serious earthquakes. Believe it or not, not only stops earthquakes…. the heavy rain stopped and the sun came out during the procession.
The most important impact the people there will suffer is that the live mostly of what they get (directly or indirectly) through tourism. And what most people is interested in… is in Machu Picchu.
Many tourists have only heard of the Incas, but there are also so many interesting archeological sites/remains of previous important cultures such as Wari, Moche, Chimu, Nazca, Lima, Lambayeque, etc., to see. And many of those didn’t built with stones, but with “adobe” (a mixture of mud, straw, etc.).
I visited some of those too (such as “Pachacamac” (near Lima), parts of “Chan Chan” (Trujillo; it was a huge place), “El Brujo” (near Trujillo, where they found the remains of a woman who became governor or something equivalent, known now as the “Lady of Cao”, and whose remains can be seen in a museum that opened last year). and “El Muro” (Nazca).
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Yes, I wouldn’t be surprised if I did; those two organizations that “certify” and protect historic and archaeological sites are similar enough to me to get them mixed up. Sorry!
