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 9 months in South America and North America

When I was in my early 30's, I made a promise to myself : "Girl, by 35, I want you to do be in a place that you would have chosen, not imposed on by the routine ! It can be a new home, a new city, a new job, but it needs to make you happy and you need to enjoy your life !". It is only lately that I have remembered that promise... I'm now 35 and I have realised that I'm the only one responsible for my own happiness. So I have quit my comfortable job in London and decided to go on another adventure...

Cajamarca, Chachapoyas & Kuelap

7/12/2016

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03/12/2016 - 07/12/2016

Après 10 heures de bus pour arriver à Cajamarca (sans înteret particulier à mon gôut) puis encore 12 heures de bus pour arriver à Chachapoyas (ville légèrement plus intéressante), nous allons visiter 3 endroits during les prochains jours : le site pré-inca de Kuelap, les sarcophages de Karajia et la grotte de Quiocta.

After 10 hours of bus to get to Cajarmaca (without any particular interest in my opinion) and then another 12 hours of bus to get to Chachapoyas (town slightly more interesting), we are going to visit 3 places the next few days : the pre-inca site of Kuelap, the sarcophages of Karajia and the cave of Quiocta.​

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Le site de Kuelap / Kuelap Site

Les ruines de cette citadelle pré-inca datent entre le 5ème et 11 siècle après JC. Elle est perchée à 3000m d'altitude et n'est plus petite que Machu Pichu que de 20%.
Elle paraît moins impressionnante à visiter car nous n'avons pas cette vue de haut comme le permet Machu Picchu. Par contre le fait que la nature et les arbres ont réclamé leur terrain rendent le site différent. Un petit air de Angkor Wat...

The ruins of the pre-inca citadel are dated between the 5th and 11th century. It is perched at 3000m high et is slightly smaller that Machu Picchu by 20%.
It seems less impressive to visit than Machu Picchu because we cannot see the site from a higher point. However the fact the nature and trees claimed back their soil make the site different. A quick reminder of Angkor Wat...
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Vous avez déjà goûté une banane grillée au fromage ? Ben c'est pas bon...
Have you ever tried a grilled banana with cheese ? Well, it's not good...
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Les grottes de Quiocta / Caves of Quiocta

Une grotte quoi... ils y ont mis quelques squelettes pour l"effet waow, il y avait des stalactiques et autres... assez banale comme grotte. Le seul truc sympa c'était de marcher dans la boue avec les bottes louées.. ca c'était chouette !

Just a cave at the end... They put some skulls and bones inside for the wow effect. There were some stalactics and co... quite a basic cave. The only fun part was to walk in the mud with the rented boots...this was fun !
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Les sarcophages de Karajia / The sarcophages of Karajia

Ils datent du 15ème siècle et à l'intérieur s'y trouvent des personnages très importantes à l'époque qui ont été mommifiées.

They are dated from the 15th century and inside there are important people at the time who have been mommified.
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