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Fun Photo Friday — More Pachacamac Favorites

All Roads Lead to Pachacamac

Today I present more of my favorite snapshots from Pachacamac:

Pachacamac

Good Walls Make Good Neighbors

Pachacamac

Ramp

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Exploring Pachacamac

Pachacamac

Pachacamac is full of wonder and surprises. Below is what appears to be an avenue running between edifices:

Pachacamac “Avenue”?

Some of the larger building sport large open areas which the buildings surround on three sides:

Pachacamac “Courtyard”?

And just in case you forget that this is an active archeological dig site, you’ll find people excavating away in several areas:

An Active Archeological Dig

Here is a closeup of adobe bricks atop a stone foundation:

Pachacamac adobe-over-...

Pachacamac — Entering the Main Site

Tour Group at Pachacamac

Wandering around Pachacamac is an awesome experience. You hip deep down into the weeds, so to speak, in Ichma Culture remains. The remnants of the buildings range from gigantic to gargantuan. Informational link: Pachacamac Archeological Complex

Pachacamac

And even though it may appear that you’ve stepped back some seven hundred years, the neighbors will remind you that isn’t the case.

The Neighbors Next Door

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Fun Photo Friday — Some Pachacamac Favorites

Pachacama Temple of the Sun

Here are today’s Fun Photo Friday selections of favorite shots taken at Pachacamac outside Lima, Peru:

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Pachacama

Pachacama

Pachacama

View from Temple of the Sun

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Arriving Pachacamac

One of the massive Pachacamac Pyramids

After our visit to El Salto del Friale to watch some guy dressed as a monk jump off a cliff into raging waters, our tour group headed some 25 miles/40 kilometers south along the coast to the Pachacamac Archeological Site.

Our tour bus

If you thought the pyramids of Huaca Pucllana were impressive, wait until you get a glimpse of Puchacamac!

Pachacamac-related sites in Peru

This archeological site covers some 2.3 square miles/6 square kilometers, and it is...

El Salto del Fraile (The Jump of the Friar)

The Lovelorn Monk Prepares to Jump

For the past six weeks I have presented eighteen blog posts dealing with just our first day in and around Lima, Peru! We still had one more day of our tour to go. So, on the morning of March 20, 2015, we exited the Golden Princess at El Callao (the seaport serving Lima) and once again caught up with our tour group. Our first stop this day was at the overlook above the restaurant El Salto del Fraile (The Jump of the Friar).

El Salto del Fraile Restaurant

Belo...

Fun Photo Friday — Favorites from Fountains and Love Parks

Sailing Away

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Parque del Amor (Love Park) and El Beso (The Kiss)

Parque del Amor (Love Park)

Lima’s Parque del Amor, or “Love Park,” is filled with brightly colored mosaic tile and flowing lines. It is, in other words, something akin to what one would expect from Antoni Gaudí. I’ve featured Mr. Gaudí work before back in 2013, when I did a three-part series on his incredible masterpiece the Sagrada Familia (Sagrada Familia — The Exterior, Sagrada Familia — Interior Part 1, and Sagrada Familia — Interior Part 2). Some day I’ll have to blog about his other fa...

The Magic Water Tour of Lima — With Video!

El Circuito Mágico del Agua

In an upscale Lima neighborhood lies a park of immense beauty that sports a nightly cascading show of fountains, lights, music, and laser projection. So, in addition to today’s photo-essay, I’ll be giving you the added treat of a video of the park and it’s nightly fountain-and-light show. That video will be at the end of today’s blog post.

Parque de la Reserva — Park of the Reserve

The fountains are interactive, in that visitors can walk beneath the arched jets of...

Fun Photo Friday — Huaca Pucllana

Huaca Pucllana

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