http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Amazonas/Ku-lap/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru , Amazonas , Kuélap en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:54:43 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:54:43 +0000 Kuelap And The Great Pajaten THE CULTURE OF CHACHAPOYAS HAS BEQUEATHED US TWO IMPRESSIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES. BECAUSE OF THEIR MONUMENTAL CHARACTER AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE TERRITORY WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED KUELAP AND THE GREAT PAJATEN ARE TWO IRREFUTABLE PROOFS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THE ANCIENT PERUVIANS HAD CONSTRUCTED. Data The moment of the greatest development of the cu http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Amazonas/Ku-lap/blog-398559.html We only stayed on night in Celedin in transit to Tingo which takes 9 hours over the mountains on pretty sketchy roads. Celedin was a pleasant town quite quet and not much to see in the evenings. The bus route to Tingo though provided the most beautiful panaroamic views of the mountains it really made the 9hour trip worth it. When we arrived in Tingo we found one hostal two restaurants and http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Amazonas/Ku-lap/blog-388028.html MARIA COMMUNITY THE FABULOUS KUELAPOn the route to Kuelap Fortress there are many communities which men and women live for centuries with the nature stones myths legends and amazing archaeological sites that their ancestors.Maria is a community just 15 minutes to the Kuelap Fortress where the weather is cold but the friendly people there will give you a warm stay and a really unique experien http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Amazonas/Ku-lap/blog-382220.html Kuelap http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Amazonas/Ku-lap/blog-367150.html well hello and welcome to the testhow is this does it look nice are you nice http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Amazonas/Ku-lap/blog-330151.html Our final destination in Peru is Chachapoyas. Chacapoyas is the town which serves as an access point to Kuelap pre incan ruins beaten in grandeur only by Machu Pichu. Twenty seven hours after we left on what should have been an eight hour journey we arrived in Chacapoyas. To get there we encountered land slides and had to spend a whole day holed up in a very unexciting town called Pedro Ruiz. W http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Amazonas/Ku-lap/blog-272614.html el jueves fue uno de esos das muy especiales... para empezar como q todo sali mal jajajatuvimos q pagarle a un seor pa q nos llevara en taxi a Mara el pueblo desde donde supuestamente eran 20 minutos de caminata a Kulap... la cosa es q el viejo q nos llev quera puro sacarnos plata tonces nos dej literalmente en el pueblo de Mara desde donde tuvimos q caminar por 2 horas hasta don http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Amazonas/Ku-lap/blog-203175.html July 9Wow. Wow wow wow. I've only been in Peru for about six hours but it is a different world. Seriously right now I am lying in bed with a pair of long underwear and pants on a nightshirt and a sweater and wool socks and I'm still cold. We are in winter here. When we arrived we were led in ritual opening ceremonies. We had to each take three coca leaves and smell them and make three wi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Amazonas/Ku-lap/blog-183582.html The trip to Kuelap was an adventure. We decided to go after hearing from a few travelers and our guide book about how amazing it was. We heard that it was recently rediscovered and is the future Macchu Picchu of northern Peru just not as touristy and busy. So even though it wasnt in our original travel plans we decided to go for it anyway. The only problem was how we were going to get the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Amazonas/Ku-lap/blog-130094.html