Willkawain & Monterrey

Tuesday 10/7 - HUARAZ.
Willkawain ruins & Monterrey hot springs.

Entrance gate for the Willkawain ruins (8km walking from Huaraz).

The main mausoleum, three floors, each level containing multiple rooms.

The big stones were joined by mortier with smaller stones,

This explains how these mausoleums survived the earthquakes over time.

Alice in wonderland?

Camping?

Spanish pictures from the 16th century, showing how the Inca-kind-people

displayed the mommies of their ancestors each year during processions.

On the hiking trail from Willkawain to Monterrey.

I will remember these stairs!

Most of the houses are still build with adobe blocks (clay bricks),

made from mud and dried corn leaves.

Again in excellent company... until her husband appeared.

Still along the hiking trail to Monterrey.

Whaw, what a nice swimming pool, let's go there!

It took me some time to find the entrance.

Can't be bad!

My design bathroom.

My pink feet after having taken a bath.

The "boiling frog syndrome" ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

Not yet for me.

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