Kuelap-mysticke sidlo kmene Chacha/Kuelap-mystical place of Chacha people

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Do Chachapoyasu jsme dorazili brzy rano a hned se shaneli po minibusu do vesnice Tingo, kde jsme se ubytovali v mistni hospedaje - hospoda s bydlenim. Okamzite vyrazili smerem ke Kuelapu, misto asi 4 hodiny /podle mistnich 2-3h/ vzdalenem, vystavenem kmenem Chacha, pozdeji obydleny Inky. Cesta byla kruta - prekonali jsme prevyseni celkem 1500metru- coz znamena porad do kopce a navic nam nepralo pocasi, tedy hodne svitilo slunce...Stalo to ale za to. Na celou stavbu se pouzilo 3 x vice stavebniho materialu nez na velkou pyramidu v Egypte. Je postaven z vapence a jeho obranne zdi jsou asi 20 metru vysoke. Bylo zde asi 200 kamennych domu a z nich se dochovaly pouze zaklady, i kdyz se mistni snazi alespon cast rekonstruovat a jeden dum je na ukazku hotovy cely i se strechou. Kolem i vevnitr se pasou pokojne lamy. Opet jsme byli pozadani o spolecnou fotku s 2 Peruankami- uz o nas vi vsichni...Cestou zpet se zacalo zatahovat a bylo jen otazkou casu kdy se to spusti. Nastesti jsme meli ponca, tak se to dalo, nejhorsi bylo blato na kterem to docela klouzalo. Do 6 jsme byli zpatky, dali si veceri, mistni pivko Pilsen, poprosili o pusteni vody, abychom se mohli vysprchovat a sli na kute.

We appeared in Chachapoyas very early and immediately looking for a minibus to Tingo, where we found cheap hospedaje - like a pub with rooms. As soon as we could we marcheed on to Kuelap, place about 4hours away / 2-3 h if you are local/ built by the tribe Chacha, later also inhabited by Incas. The ascent was unforgiving and cruel, pretty much up all the time, sun was scorching and we had to overcome 1500 metres in altitude difference - just mental...But in the end we made it and it worht it. The whole structure is nade odf limestone, with massive walls, some 20 metres high and the amount of building materials used here is 3times than the Great pyramid in Egypt. Just impressive and incredibly huge. Now you see the remains of over 200 houses, few ceremonial buildings, but Peruvians do their best and try to reconstruct some of them and one house is complete even with the roof. Outside and inside Kuelap you can see lamas. Again we were asked for a picture - this time with 2 Peruvian females - yes, now its official, we are the stars... On the way back the sky darkened and it was just a question of time, when the rain starts. Fortunately we had our ponchos, so it was not bad. The worst thing was that rain created mud on the paths and all was very slippery. By 6 we got back, had a dinner, a local beer, asked for switching on water to have a shower and went to bed.

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