Salaverry, Peru
Got to see the artifacts and learn about the Moche, people we've never heard of before, that disappeared around 800 A.D.
The first two pictures are actually from the Lima (Callao) port. It was misty at one point and these birds were flying around and I thought it would make interesting picture from our balcony.
These hillsides are filled with squatters who can afford to buy houses so they construct what they can on property that doesn't belong to them.
90% of the houses in Peru are unfinished.
Today we did an excursion in Salaverry to some ancient Moche sites nearby. They existed around 100AD to 800AD and disappeared afterward. Some new archelogical finds show some very interesting artifacts and information about them.
Human sacrifice was a big deal. They built these massive structures out of adobe bricks.
The idea that God will bless you the more you suffer kind of ran amuck in this society. They tortured and sacrificed people to be blessed by God. Yikes. Humans have the ability to make up stuff and believe in it with real terrible consequences.
After walking through the ruins, which was quite interesting, we went to a nearby hacienda for a horse show, dance, show, and lunch.
So many things are unfinished in Peru that when Mitzi saw this door she needed a picture.
They had a bunch of beautiful horses at the hacienda. These horses have a unique high step and gait where they at times are on one hoof instead of the usual two at a time most horses do.
Fancy stirrups! After the dance and horse show, picture time.
They had beautiful flowers.
Our tour guide, believe it or not, is named Mitzy! Vary rare to find someone else named Mitzi (or Mitzy), especially outside the U.S.
We saw and learned a lot today, lots to reflect on. Mitzi loved it, she would have been an archeologist/anthropologist in another life.