Sightseeing in Chachapoyas

Huancas

Huanca Urco is a canyon five minutes from the town of Huancas, itself only 20 minutes from Chachapoyas. The canyon has a direct drop 2000 meters deep.

Me on the edge; a very windy day!

Waiting for the car to take us to Huancas with my fellow teachers, Lora, Charlie, and Robby

Robby dancing with the local women who were feeling the effects of drinking "Chicha"

It had started to drizzle so we decided to have lunch before hiking to the canyon overlook; we were waiting for our Cecina=fried pork. The local ladies wanted to get in the picture!

 Trip to Leymebamba 

The village houses a famous museum and is 93 miles south of Chachapoyas (3 hours 30 minutes by car) and from Leymebamba it's a 10 km walk to the museum. The modern museum features mummies and objects found at the Lake of the Condors, as well as textiles, ceramics.weapons and Sarcofagi found in the area. I took a bus from Chachapoyas at 6AM with Celine, on of my fellow teachers and her friend. It was a very scenic trip through little villages along the way.

Me with the village below

On our way back down to the village from the museum

Sarcofagas at the museum

Recreation of the cliff dwellings at Revash(I didn't get there,unfortunately)

Mummies as seen through a glass window; some wrapped and some unwrapped

We caught the bus back to Chachapoyas at the main square in Leymebamba and settled in for our 3+ hour trip on the bus. Celine and her friend sat in the last 2 seater and I found a seat behind them at the very back of the bus. As soon as all the seats were taken, and everyone's things were stored, we were off! A few minutes on the road I heard a noise that sounded like "cluck, cluck, cluck"...I could swear it was chicken! After looking on the floor, the aisle, and the racks above the seats storing personal belongings, I saw the maker of the noise: it was,indeed a chicken and it was tied to a backpack! Just right there on the rack! 1/2 an hour later or so, the bus stopped, a man jumped up and grabbed the chicken and backpack and ran off the bus and up a little hill on the side of the road and gave the chicken to a woman sitting there. Then he ran back down the hill and jumped back on the bus! It was a quiet and peaceful ride back from then on!