Apr 29, 2008 - Peru

Here I sit, in an internet cafe in the dusty town of Pedro Ruiz, Peru- waiting for the next bus to Chachapoyas.Here I sit, in an internet cafe in the dusty town of Pedro Ruiz, Peru- waiting for the next bus to Chachapoyas....

Mar 29, 2008 - Cajamarca, where the last Inca Lord fell

Cajamarca is known best as the place where the last Inca Lord, Atahualpa, fell in the tragedy of 1532. ... He stopped at Cajamarca, and met Francisco Pizarro and his 168 soldiers who had just spent weeks marching from Piura. ... Atahualpa refused the 'requirement' to accept christianity and the Spanish king, so Pizarro and his conquistadors captured him in the Battle of Cajamarca, and massacred several thousand unarmed Inca civilians and soldiers. ... We started our second day in Cajamarca with LOTS of Peruvians (3 of whom could swim without drowning the people around them!) at the 7am thermal pool session, and then, feeling all clean and healthy, walked back into town (past lots of Sunday morning cyclists and joggers), and had plenty of time to explore Cajamarca some more, including a walk up to the Silla del Inca, with it's view of the city, and a beautiful serene chapel, before our afternoon tour. ... Archeologists are pretty much agreed that the windows are a funerary associated with the Cajamarca culture, but because of all the looting that took place here, that's about all they know. ...

Mar 28, 2008 - A spectacular (but death-defying!) journey to Celendín

We'd heard that the journey from Chachapoyas to Celendin was beautiful, so we couldn't resist it. ... We began to think twice, though, when we found out that the bus to Celendín leaves only three times a week, and at 2am!! But we were already in Chacha, so we grudgingly got up at half one(!) and made our way to the terminal.We'd heard that the journey from Chachapoyas to Celendin was beautiful, so we couldn't resist it. ... We began to think twice, though, when we found out that the bus to Celendín leaves only three times a week, and at 2am!! But we were already in Chacha, so we grudgingly got up at half one(!) and made our way to the terminal....

Jan 21, 2008 - Cajamarca...Baños de Inca...Gringos need Agua

Hello friends! Greetings from Cajamarca! We made it up over the Andes from Mancora and into Cajamarca. ... Here in Cajamarca, along with the giggles and occasional 'hola gringo' from small children, we have become targets of water ballooning kids from balconies, rooftops, and steet corners. ... Today, the 22nd we went to Cumbe Mayo (Fine Waters), a pre-Inca cultural site some 3000k yrs old, where they carved out water channels to divert the water to Cajamarca. ...

Dec 4, 2007 - Cajamarca

Gisterenavond in Cajamarca aangekomen na een rit van 6 uur vanuit Chiclayo. ... Hoewel de afstand niet erg veel verschilde van deze tussen Piura en Chiclayo, toch meer dan dubbel zolang onder de baan geweest, de woestijn doorkruisen op lange rechte wegen gaat nu eenmaal stukken sneller dan op minder goeie wegen in de bergen omhoog klimmen.Gisterenavond in Cajamarca aangekomen na een rit van 6 uur vanuit Chiclayo. ... Hoewel de afstand niet erg veel verschilde van deze tussen Piura en Chiclayo, toch meer dan dubbel zolang onder de baan geweest, de woestijn doorkruisen op lange rechte wegen gaat nu eenmaal stukken sneller dan op minder goeie wegen in de bergen omhoog klimmen....

May 21, 2006 - Huaraz to Truillo

As expected overnight in Huaraz was a night of no sleep.As expected overnight in Huaraz was a night of no sleep....

Apr 10, 2005 - "Lets not shit ourselves" OR "what AM I, Paris Hilton Now?!"

Well, we ended up spending over a month in Peru, and in the end, I didnt even want to leave.Well, we ended up spending over a month in Peru, and in the end, I didnt even want to leave....

Nov 4, 2004 - Cajamarca, Peru

Cajamarca's claim to fame is that it was where Pizarro captured Atahualpa, the last ruler of the Inca empire. ... This all went down in Cajamarca and we saw the room where he was held prisoner (which was not that exciting since it's just an empty stone room, but the story is at least interesting). ... We found some good, cheap food in Cajamarca, including corn on the cob sold on the side walk from a very friendly lady who recognized when we went back for (I guess it wasn't that hard to spot us as we were just about the only tourists in the city that we saw). ...