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On a day trip from Lima, it is easy to combine a visit to the ancient pre-Inca ruins of Pachacamac with a delicious lunch on the beach and a relaxing afternoon.
After enjoying the views from the top of the Temple of the Sun, we continued to the rest of the ruins. Pachacamac was actually started around 200 CE and is named after the creator god worshipped at the time, the name Pacha Kamaq translating to Earth Creator. Various indigenous tribes were in the area and added to the site, until the advent of the Incas. Pachacamac consisted of temples, houses, pyramids, a square and a cemetery. Even though much of these buildings are now in ruins, you can still appreciate the size of Pachacamac, and on some temples, even the colourful walls. Unfortunately, when I visited, we were not allowed to enter most of the temples, houses, or pyramids. It is quite obvious that there still is a lot of work to be done in the area, with potentially a lot of finds to be done - we even found part of an old human skull just lying on the surface. of the earth. While most visitors used buses for transportation, we were happy to walk the gravel road around the ruins. After our visit, we went to San Pedro and enjoyed a delicious lunch with ceviche before plunging into the waves of the Pacific.
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