In recent days I've hired me as a tour guide for my visit from Germany. I will write to the trip to the south of Peru not run because it had Marcus (Atze) and Michael (Mason) taken on their Sumoblog .
Siesta But before I picked up the two in Lima, was Lars, the fourth member of the Erfurt-travel group for a short visit to Cajamarca. The 3-day flying visit us plenty excited with an intensive program. On Saturday we went to town to market the tourist attractions over and ending up in the pubs of the city. Because even if Lars' English is manageable, I still represent the view that the people whose stories describe the conduct and culture of a city better as a historical building. And the bars, cafes, restaurants, markets and festivals are a place happens to be the best places for this field research.
Cumbemayo
On Sunday it was then in the countryside. is 4 hours walk from the city Cumbemayo , a sophisticated pre-Inca aqueduct system that is in a bizarre rock formation. After the heavy rains of recent weeks had Peter, Pacha Mama, or whoever is responsible for the meteorological vagaries paints a heart for Lars and rewarded his long trip with a thick sunshine.
Lars above the clouds Kike, made by Blanco-Hauchcort, made us the guide and led us, regardless of health and weakening of some memory gaps ultimately unerringly to Cumbemayo . There we were with the fortress-like rock formations and breathtaking views of the cloud-filled valley of Cajamarca rewarded visually for 5 hours hike. In addition, we had luck that we were repatriated in the Abercrombie an extended family much easier. After the walk we enjoyed then a trip to Baños del Inca where we scrubbed the rigors of hot thermal water from the body.
präinka water storage Cumbemayo On Monday we went to Lars's request, a short trip to La Pajuela. A visit to the farming community is great, both to get mine off the official tour to gain an overview of the Yanacocha gold mine and to look on the other hand, their social and environmental consequences. The engineer (the Verorgungstechnik) Lars was then also (negatively) surprised by the condition of the pipelines and the safety practices of the mining company.
reunion of the farmers to the wall He also was able to get immediate impression of the "social responsibility" of Yanacocha, as the company had come again some new things to harass the farmers. Shortly before our visit, the company had built a rubble wall on the camino real . This road is public property and the only way for the local farmers to keep their livestock on the regional markets. The sale of livestock is the only remaining source of income of the peasants of La Pajuela and adjacent farming communities. With the wall trying Yanacocha farmers now have to steal the last remaining of livelihood.
rubble wall on the camino real That evening we traveled via bus to Lima on Tuesday to pick up the other guys. As the rest of the blog of Atze and Mason can be read, I set only a few impressions from the first part of the trip, because my camera took to the sand storms in the desert of Ica once a resting phase. Only one thing it should be noted. Peru has me once again with its beauty and its scenic richness more than surprised and excited. Both Paracas, as are the oasis Huancachina and the "white city" Arequipa to the Colca Canyon is definitely worth a visit.
Alan Garcia in the Presidential Palace in Lima 
desert coast of Paracas 
seal nursery on the Islas Ballestas 
desert Schumi Luis before his hot Buggi 
Oasis Huancachina 
no, that's not the Sahara 
Lords of the Boards
