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Chachapoyas
20th April 2007 to 26th April 2007
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Celendin to Leymebamba in a small bus, horse trek to La Congona, 4 day trek to Karajia, Valle de Belen, La Piriquilla, Lancha, Gran Vilaya and Kuelap (through cloud rainforest covered mountains and jungle clad valleys on foot, horseback and a little mini bus).
View from road between Celendin and Leymebamba (we hae just crossed from way behind those mountains in a tiny bus)
View from road between Celendin and Leymebamba (we hae just crossed from way behind those mountains in a tiny bus)
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The landslide across the road that held us up for an hour or so, as we sat shiverring in the bus and it  got dark and started to rain... this sot is an action shot of more mountainside landsliding down onto the guys trying to dig the road clear.
The landslide across the road that held us up for an hour or so, as we sat shiverring in the bus and it got dark and started to rain... this sot is an action shot of more mountainside landsliding down onto the guys trying to dig the road clear.
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More digging to try to get us to our destination of Leymebamba (1 hour ahead) or we have to try to turn around (and go 7 hours back) to Celendin
More digging to try to get us to our destination of Leymebamba (1 hour ahead) or we have to try to turn around (and go 7 hours back) to Celendin
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Me and a model of the Karajia sarcophagus, Leymebamba museum
Me and a model of the Karajia sarcophagus, Leymebamba museum
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Mummy of a small child in Leymebamba museum... one of 219 mummies found at La laguna de condores funurary complex (Chachapoyan culture: pre Inca)
Mummy of a small child in Leymebamba museum... one of 219 mummies found at La laguna de condores funurary complex (Chachapoyan culture: pre Inca)
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CLose up of the same mumys face
CLose up of the same mumys face
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More of the Laguna de condores mummies
More of the Laguna de condores mummies
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More of the Laguna de condores mummies
More of the Laguna de condores mummies
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More of the Laguna de condores mummies
More of the Laguna de condores mummies
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View from a horse saddle, ascending a mountian above Leymebamba on the way to La Congona
View from a horse saddle, ascending a mountian above Leymebamba on the way to La Congona
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My horse after several hours climb
My horse after several hours climb
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The view from La COngona
The view from La COngona
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