Cajamarca: Cuarto del Rescate

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   peter falling down vocoded to gangstas paradise (nothingeverhappens@mai.waifuism.life)'s status on Friday, 02-May-2025 11:17:12 JST peter falling down vocoded to gangstas paradise

   Por fin summarizing my trip to Peru. Probably it's a bit of a miss I didn't get to visit Machu Picchu and Cuzco, but Cajamarca region is already a fruitful enough place to see! Just make sure to go there in April.
   
   The center of Cajamarca town:
   Just like many such places, there isn't much to see in itself, except for occasional churches from the colonial period (photo 1), plazas and tiny parks are also nice to chill and relax at, all the decals and benches and fences are made in the "Incas style", which adds a nice touch no matter where you go.
   
   Absolutely do visit "Cuarto del Rescate", a group of museums around the center with the exposition of archeological sites and artifacts found in the region. Attaching video 1 with an example of such an exposition if that is also your thing, not going to add anything to top of that since taking museum photos is kind of lame, just go there yourself.
   
   Baños del Inca:
   Absolutely visit the district of Incas' Baths, I didn't take any (sadge) but it's still a place to see! Keep in mind it's a very open valley, so no matter what you see, there will be epic mountains piercing clouds, attaching video 2 from the place just so you understand "the energy". And there is a bunch of other Inca statues and sites to see in the neighborhood.
   
   Cataratas de Llacanora:
   Find a bus or take a car to waterfalls in the region outside of town to have a ""demo version"" of going out to mountains, but please do apply sunscreen, I didn't and the hardcore sun burned me to crisps. Very beautiful though. Photo 2. You just "climb" and "climb" and there are waterfalls around.
   
   Ventanillas de Otuzco:
   Again, find a bus or take a care to the Windows of Otuzco. A magically preserved burial place of a civilization that lived there before Incas conquered everything. There isn't much to see in terms of the site itself, but the valley panorama is absolutely worth going there. Photo 3. You can't see the valley panorama to the right there because I am braindead and didn't take a photo of it, so you gotta believe me.
   
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   What inspired me the most is permanent presence of history everywhere in the town and its outskirts. It's actually very easy there to just use imagination and travel back in time at any place you visit and feel "the spirit" of this place through centuries. And if you look around, you will see there is a lot more of "ruins" and sites around in the region, so there is more to see than what I did in the mere week on my hands. if you are curious, you can browse for any of those names I mentioned and see in maps yourself. Hope it's an entry good enough for anyone interested. Now I am back home reading Cronica del Peru to maintain the spirit of this place while it's possible.
   
   (also I went to Argentina and met @waifu once again, it's the only main touristic attraction in Buenos Aires for fedi people)