After Huaraz, we headed back to Peru's coast, and thus, the desert. I have to say, going to Peru, I thought the coast line was going to be more tropically, like it is up here in Ecuador. I guess that's my own fault for being ignorant and not doing my research before heading on my journey. Anyways, I guess it makes for lots of cool, preserved ruins. Of course, what did Maya and I do but go see more ruins? :) This time it was just a small religious site; it seemed tiny in comparison to the other ruins we had been visiting. I'm not sure which culture used it (I'm not sure if the archaeologists know), but it is most famous for the gruesome battle scene that is depicted on the outside wall of the main structure. There was also a small museum at the site that had some artifacts found at the site on display and a limited amount of information about the site available.
We arrived there by mototaxi (a three wheeled taxi called a tuk tuk in Guatemala and a rickshaw in India). It was only about 5km out of town, but we had to drive down the side of the road since the mototaxi didn't go very fast, it was kind of funny. On the way back, one of the guards from the site took us home. He just went and grabbed one of the many mototaxi they had laying around and took us back into town.
The site, as I said before, was really small, but I'm still glad we went to go see it.
A creepy, ugly, hairless dog of Peru. For some reason, these guys are all over the towns in northern Peru. But they're always peoples pets, not the stray ones roaming around. They're really ugly, but really fascinating at the same time. What kind of dog doesn't have hair??
One of many heads depicted on the wall. Apparently, all the heads that were just floating on the wall were supposed to be people who had been decapitated during battle. This one is spewing blood from i t's mouth.
Some people still had bodies. I assume they were the victorious ones in battle. I think this guy most be nobility, or at least someone important, since he has a headdress and walking stick/weapon thing in his hand.
That little square down below me...that's the whole site. It was so tiny! It seemed so small compared to everything else we had seen. But when we got up close and could see the carvings in the walls it seemed pretty impressive.
A (recreation?) of a sculpture they found at the site.
Mummy in the museum. With a really, really scary expression on her face. It said they thought she was asphyxiated.
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