Pachacamac School Trip

Last night Diana mentioned that Daniel was going on a school trip today, and as there was space for another chaperone, I went along to the Pachacamac Archeological Site with the second years. It is to the south of Lima, at the coast. It looks very desert-like and it's hot! Unlike other ancient sites like Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley, we couldn't walk in the most of the sites themselves - only in the roads beside them. Not all of them are Inca ruins; other groups of people who lived before the Incas built some temples and cities. The Templo del Sol is the highest part and is Inca; it faces the sea (where the sunset can be seen) and the large rocks just off the coast (which are significant in an Inca legend). There isn't as much to see there as there is in the other places I've visited recently, but it was an interesting trip. I was glad to have this last-minute opportunity to see another ancient Peruvian site.

Templo del Sol in the background and my group of San Andres students in the foreground

Interesting ancient pyramid (trapezoidal)

From the Templo del Sol, looking out into the Pacific Ocean

On the way down back into the desert!

A beautiful collection of exotic plants