Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Cajamarca - Cumbe Mayo (26 May 2006)

We took a trip up to Cumbe Mayo which is considerably higher than Cajamarca - and Lorena was thinking there would not be any more altitude! Ooops. It was worth the effort though, a pleasant excursion. The area is also known as "Bosque de rocas" or "forest of rocks". It was a landscape full of rocky column-like formations.


Many of these rocks had familiar forms - can you see the pirate behind Lorena? Arrrgghhh. (In the shadow high up the hill).


Or perhaps the giant snail?


The area is also well known for the extensive pre-inca canals that are still in good condition - here I am.


And here is Lorena by the canal and some surviving inscriptions. A good day.


Incidentally travelling here entailed crossing a saddle - a watershed dividing saddle. Water on one side will go to the Pacific and on the other side - to the Atlantic. Oh, boy.