Lamud and Karaji

ihana.com - big trip - diary - peru - july 2003

Plaza in Chachapoyas

Streets of Lamud

Going home from market

Wednesday 23 - Thursday 24 July

Leaving Chachapoyas the dirt road took us back into the valley, across the river then up a little-used road which wound up the other side, eventually reaching the village of Lamud. We were here to visit the nearby Inca mummy casks at Karaji, and as we left the village and headed that way we passed people with horses, donkeys and cows who'd been at the market that morning. Here is yet another place where the normal mode of transport has four legs, not four wheels.

Vote for the three chickens

Nutters

The face things out of reach on the cliff

We reached a tiny village and the end of the road, left the landy and walked the remaining couple of miles to the cliff side which held the six clay human figures, inside each is a mummified body. The base of the cliff is collapsing and maybe the bit where the mummies are will collapse in the next few years. Not too far from here are the large ruins of Kuelap, a huge stone wall construction which we decided not to see, we've seen enough ruins to last a lifetime.

Cow

Flowers

Living gatepost

Red flowers

Wheat field bright under the black sky

Spiderman scares off the birds

Nevertheless, the countryside was impressive, everything photogenic and the people friendly. We returned to Lamud for lunch and had the best cheapo meal ever and access to the stereo where we ran through all our sorely missed Axe Bahia favourites.

Spinning wool

Carrying branches

Lamud plaza

Full up and ready to leave

Back down into the valley we went, then continued south-east towards Leymebamba. Running low on fuel, we stopped to empty three of the jerry cans into the landy, we'd filled everything up in Ecuador, taking advantage of the almost half-price fuel there.

 

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