Stop working for a bit and make yourself a brew... It's time to join me for a story or two... Chachapoyas Not a great place in my opinion, the town had lots of potential, being mainly white washed red-roofed buildings but sadly lacking upkeep and vibrancy. Very good Chinese restaurant here though! Booked up for the trip to Kuelap...supposedly a site to rival Machu Picchu... Kuelap tour Day one was spent mostly in a taxi driving Chachpoyas. We stopped briefly for a walk to see some 2600 year old sarcophaguses high on a mountain ledge. Amazing that these bamboo and mud figures have still remained, a small collection of bones are collected at the bottom from a couple of tombs that had fallen off. We had a Dutch archaeologist with us and he didn’t seem to
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