Ruinas del Norte
Scott’s work slowed down enough for us to take a couple of tours to see the nearby ruins this week. There are a ton of pre-Incan ruins to see in northern Peru. It is all pretty far out of the way from Machu Picchu, so unfortunately the average 2-week tourist doesn’t get up here to [...]
H is for Hua… fill in the blank.
→ June 21st, 2009 → Peru 2009
There are lots of words and cities that starts with “hua” in Peru. (Pronounced like the “wa” in “water”.) Huancaína, Huancayo, Huanchaco, Huancalvetic, Huacachina… It gets confusing.
Our latest trip to Huancayo shed some light on the issue. The high Andes area was inhabited by the Huanca people. The clan existed pre-Inca, and was considerably [...]