long time ago when i updated my blog... so lot of things to write about, pero primero..
quiero dicer un felicitacion para dos personas quien tienen su compluaños este mes.
Feliz Compluaños para ustedes
A. van den Berg
y
tambien S.Becu
mucha salud, suerte y divertir en su vida
disculpe por este muy muy tarde.
A. van den Berg
y
tambien S.Becu
mucha salud, suerte y divertir en su vida
disculpe por este muy muy tarde.
i`m city hopping and when traveling for so long you started to lose your sense of time.
okay the pictures are from top to down: the nasca lines (the tree), Lima (plaza de armas- cathedral), Chavin temple (the head), Huaraz (cordillera blanca), Chan Chàn (city of Chimu),
huanchaco (nearby chan chan).
Nasca is a sleazy town there is practically nothing in town excepts restaurants and hotels. the picture of the line i took from the mirador, (not going to pay 100 bucks for the aerial tour)
so it`s slighly unclear but it is still amazing to see it from close range. but i did went to the planetarium and the museum and they were really interesting. especially because they provided a good knowledge about the origin of the Nasca culture (pre-inca).
Lima on the other hand is a huge metropole, really similar to Buenos aires. the upmarket district of miraflores and san isidro are good places to stay and much more beautiful compared to the center. The cathedral at the plaza de armas housed the remains of Pizarro as well a good collection of paintings (worth the visit).
From the dessert coast i went back to the andes to the cordillera blanca. the main city is Huaraz.
Huaraz is the base to trek the cordillera and / climb the highest peak of Peru, or go skiing when in season. but it also the site of what they said the precursor of the andean culture. the Chavin culture (pre-inca). nearby huaraz in the city of chavin there is a small remains of the temple fortress ¨chavin de huantar¨ the building is magnificent and the relief are really good. the chavin culture (peaked at about 800 b.c.) dominated about the half of peru at it`s golden time. the fortress is much more amazing than macchu pichu. right now, really think that machu pichu is overrated (and overcharged).
another interesting pre-inca culture is on the north coast of Peru, the Chimu. it was as Inca a conquering tribe and it was expanding about 1000 km in total (at it`s peak). the chimu was kind of the successor of the moche culture whose thrived from the agriculture and fishing aswell. the city of Chan chan is made from adobe (stamped dirt and water) but the amazing thing is they enclosed the palace with huge walls (from adobe). Another amazing building built from adobe: the first version of great wall of china. on the center of the palace there was a huge well dedicated to the god of fertility and it was also a ceremonial center. through the whole sites there are images of fishes and sea animals, it`s really shown the strong connection with the sea.
not far from Trujillo and chan chan there is a small fishing village of huanchaco. it was actually the place where i was headed for, for the sun, sea and .... surf. according the history it was also the place where the people started to surf. the fishermen still conserved the old tradition of the moche and chimu by using reed boats to fish on the sea. the boats are flat and it kinda surf on the wave.. so in theory here was the first time that people started to surf. surfing itself isn't really hard if you have the help of the teacher (considerated to be one of the best surfer in the north of peru) but when i tried on my own i wasn't able to stand up.. so in theory i need more practice :).But.. For some reason i kept bumping german speaking girls (maybe i should learned german), like the girls in my surfing class.
Abrazo
Ch´
okay the pictures are from top to down: the nasca lines (the tree), Lima (plaza de armas- cathedral), Chavin temple (the head), Huaraz (cordillera blanca), Chan Chàn (city of Chimu),
huanchaco (nearby chan chan).
Nasca is a sleazy town there is practically nothing in town excepts restaurants and hotels. the picture of the line i took from the mirador, (not going to pay 100 bucks for the aerial tour)
so it`s slighly unclear but it is still amazing to see it from close range. but i did went to the planetarium and the museum and they were really interesting. especially because they provided a good knowledge about the origin of the Nasca culture (pre-inca).
Lima on the other hand is a huge metropole, really similar to Buenos aires. the upmarket district of miraflores and san isidro are good places to stay and much more beautiful compared to the center. The cathedral at the plaza de armas housed the remains of Pizarro as well a good collection of paintings (worth the visit).
From the dessert coast i went back to the andes to the cordillera blanca. the main city is Huaraz.
Huaraz is the base to trek the cordillera and / climb the highest peak of Peru, or go skiing when in season. but it also the site of what they said the precursor of the andean culture. the Chavin culture (pre-inca). nearby huaraz in the city of chavin there is a small remains of the temple fortress ¨chavin de huantar¨ the building is magnificent and the relief are really good. the chavin culture (peaked at about 800 b.c.) dominated about the half of peru at it`s golden time. the fortress is much more amazing than macchu pichu. right now, really think that machu pichu is overrated (and overcharged).
another interesting pre-inca culture is on the north coast of Peru, the Chimu. it was as Inca a conquering tribe and it was expanding about 1000 km in total (at it`s peak). the chimu was kind of the successor of the moche culture whose thrived from the agriculture and fishing aswell. the city of Chan chan is made from adobe (stamped dirt and water) but the amazing thing is they enclosed the palace with huge walls (from adobe). Another amazing building built from adobe: the first version of great wall of china. on the center of the palace there was a huge well dedicated to the god of fertility and it was also a ceremonial center. through the whole sites there are images of fishes and sea animals, it`s really shown the strong connection with the sea.
not far from Trujillo and chan chan there is a small fishing village of huanchaco. it was actually the place where i was headed for, for the sun, sea and .... surf. according the history it was also the place where the people started to surf. the fishermen still conserved the old tradition of the moche and chimu by using reed boats to fish on the sea. the boats are flat and it kinda surf on the wave.. so in theory here was the first time that people started to surf. surfing itself isn't really hard if you have the help of the teacher (considerated to be one of the best surfer in the north of peru) but when i tried on my own i wasn't able to stand up.. so in theory i need more practice :).But.. For some reason i kept bumping german speaking girls (maybe i should learned german), like the girls in my surfing class.
Abrazo
Ch´
1 comment:
Hola Indy.......welcome in Equador como esta amigo.......? Always glad and pleasure to have & read your webblog,maybe you wait our comment because long time I didn't put/writte comment about your blog but you know that we are so proud of u what you do (in S.A )so keep in what the way you are,love u guys...... Gbu & take good care,
love from us home xxxxxxxx
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