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In America, Highlight, Traveled places, Peru 2001 On  28/12/2001  No comments

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• Trujillo and sorroundings
• Lima – Soccer and Elections
• Nasca Lines
• Ica and Pisco
• Lima – Museums
• Cusco – Corpus Christi
• Cusco and archaeological sites
• Sacred Valley
• Inca trail
• Machu Picchu
• Inti Rayme
• Cañón del Colca
• Arequipa – Earthquake
• Puno and Titicaca Islands
• Border Peru – Bolivia

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In America, Peru 2001 On  04/07/2001  No comments

I was in Cuzco, walking in to an agency to know the price of a bus ticket to Arequipa when the woman told me not to get in and walk out the store. Outside she told me it was happening an earthquake. I haven’t felt it, only when she said, I realized the walls were moving. There was music in the streets and people were dancing to commemorate Inti Rayme, they were not feeling the trembler.

After a few days I want to Arequipa. The bus trip takes 12 hours. The road that is usually awful, after the earthquake was even worse. The bus was full, children were sleeping on the aisle and a woman by my side was throwing up the whole trip. At this time I was thinking if it was really worthwhile to visit Arequipa.

The answer was yes. The city is beautiful, almost all constructed with volcanic white rocks called “sillar”. The colonial architecture of the buildings, arches, churches are a reason to go there. Another is the climate...

In America, Peru 2001 On  17/06/2001  No comments

This time I decided to do a tour to the archeological sites in the Sacred Valley. The distances were longer and there were no buses straight to the sights. We left Cuzco already late, about 9:30am. In the way to Pisaq we stopped in a handcraft market in a small village. It was a very touristy, the typical place made for the “gringos” spend their money.

In Pisaq, every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday there is a open market. It is divided in two parts; one of handcraft, to the tourists; and the other of food, more towards the local people. We walked a little in the market and went to the archeological site.

The site is a few kilometers up the hill. It is surrounded by agricultural terraces, theses were used specially to cultivate corn. It was also used to the production of Chicha (typical drink with hallucinogen power drank in rituals). The terraces have a good irrigation system to be able to cultivate corn at high altitudes and cold...

In America, Peru 2001 On  16/06/2001  One comment

Perto de Cusco existe um grande número de sítios arqueológicos, não tão famosos internacionalmente como Machu Pichu, mas de grande importância histórica. Resolvi pegar um ônibus local até o sítio chamado Tambomachay e de lá voltar caminhando, passando por outros sítios da redondeza. Os peruanos não gostam que chamem de ruínas, dizem que ruína soa como coisa velha, acabada, destruída e todos preferem que se chame de sítio arqueológico. Acham que este nome é mais justo para os locais. No ônibus, conheci uma americana que também queria fazer a caminhada de volta. Resolvemos, então, caminhar juntas. Por sorte, ela também era fotógrafa e, assim, parávamos para fotografar.

Tambomachay é conhecida como El Baño del Inca. Acredita-se que suas fontes de água não eram utilizadas somente para beber ou banhar-se, mas também em purificações e outros rituais. O lugar é pequeno, possui algumas paredes com portas e fontes de água.

Poucos quilômetros dali, está Puca Pu...

In America, Peru 2001 On  14/06/2001  2 comments

I planed to arrive in Cuzco a day before the Corpus Christi holiday. The city already was a party and there were commemorations at Plaza de Armas. I met some English friends for lunch and in the evening stayed reading in the hotel. I was tired.

Next day I woke up early to see the festivities. I sat down on the stairs by the cathedral. There was a great number of Peruvians and almost no foreigner tourists. I was looking at the people passing by: jelly, soda and chocolate sellers. They were also spreading out folders explaining each saint story.

Saints from neighbor churches come the day before to “sleep” in the cathedral from where they leave to the parade. After the commemorations they are returned to their original church...