Tour of Peru
June 15-28, 2010
I figure that the easiest way to document this trip is to start from their itinerary and add my own comments, observations, and pictures. My stuff is in black. Theirs is in blue.
Day 13/June 27: Today
experience Hayu Marca, the site of mysterious ruins discovered only in recent
years. The door or the “Puerta de Hayu
Marca” (Gate of the Gods) has been at some time in the distant past carved out
of a natural rock face and in all measures exactly seven meters in width with a
smaller alcove in the center at the base.
A final ceremony and special gathering with Gregg while you are there.
Then fly to Lima.
Hayu Marca was our final
site. We left the hotel around 8 am to
drive there. This is the view of it from
across the field as we approached on foot.
The story goes that the last Incan was being chased by Spaniards and
arrived at this place. There is a little
roundish cut-out (or more like a chiseled dent) in the middle of the small
section. He is supposed to have place
some kind of diadem in the inset and then just walked into the rock in front of
all the Spaniards. None of my fellow
travelers managed to do it…. | |
| Puerta de Hayu Marca. |
From there the
buses took us to the airport at Juliaca for our flight to Lima.
Day 14/June 28: Take a flight from Lima
for your return to the U.S..
So we had left the hotel
around 8 am, saw this sight, bused to Juliaca, flew to Lima. Waited in the airport. Flew to Miami. Waited in the airport. Flew to Atlanta. Waited in the airport. Flew home. Got home about 36 hours after having left the
hotel! A good time was had by all
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