MEMORIES

2012 AND MY IDYLLIC DAYS COME CRASHING DOWN- GUESS WHY?

OUR TIME WAS NOW SPENT ON LEISURE ACTIVITIES ON THE ISLAND, THINGS LIKE WHALE WATCHING AND FISHING. NO MORE TRAVEL FOR JIMBORED.
THE WORLD WAS MY OYSTER, UNTIL BUBBALOO CAME UP WITH ANOTHER OF HER GREAT IDEAS.
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL OVER, MY BUTT LANDED IN ANOTHER HOTEL ROOM IN LIMA PERU.
BUBBALOO AND OUR CHAPERONE, Rzo GETTING READY TO KICK OFF ANOTHER ADVENTURE JAN. 2012
ONE VIEW OF PACHACAMAC 1800 YEARS AFTER IT WAS FIRST CONTRUCTED. THIS WAS ONE TINY SIDE OF A HUGE MUD BRICK PYRAMID.
WE NOW HAVE A GUIDE. SO, I STARTED RIGHT OUT ON HIM. SOON HE ALSO TRIED TO PUT DISTANCE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND OL’ JIMBORED.
A MEMORIAL TO ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PIONEERS OF DOCUMENTING AND PROTECTING THE RUINS AT PACHAMANCA. HE STARTED HIS WORK HERE IN THE 1890’s.
I COULD EASILY ENVISION MYSELF ENTERING A TEMPLE AS ROYALTY, WAVING TO MY ADORING SUBJECTS, OR ALTERNATELY, BEING DRAGGED IN KICKING AND SCREAMING TO BE SACRIFICED!
I GUESS HERE, I WAS DIRECTING TRAFFIC, OR PERHAPS DIRECTING A ROYAL PROCESSION INTO THE TEMPLE. I’M SURE BUBBALOO WAS TELLING ME TO GET MY BUTT OFF THE ROAD.
A RECONSTRUCTION OF WHAT PACHACAMAC LOOKED LIKE HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE. THESE ARE THE MAIN TEMPLES SITTING ATOP A HUGE MUD BRICK PYRAMID.
BUBBALOO WAS ENTHRALLED WITH MY KNOWLEDGE AND COULDN’T GET ENOUGH OF MY HISTORY TALKS.
NEARING THE TOP OF THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN, WITH THE PACIFIC TO OUR BACKS, I CAN ONLY SAY, “SPECTACULAR”!
ONE OF THE ANCIENT WALLS OF THE PAINTED TEMPLE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT MUCH OF THE TEMPLE WAS PAINTED WITH A RED OCHRE. IT STILL SURVIVES TO THIS DAY.
ANOTHER MUD BRICK WALL. NOTE THE INTRICATE BRICKWORK AND DIFFERENCE IN STYLES. IT MIGHT BE A TESTAMENT TO THE DIFFERENT CULTURES ADDING THEIR TOUCH AS THEY GAINED CONTROL OVER THE TEMPLE.
OVER BUBBALOO’s LEFT SHOULDER WAS MY FAVOTRITE BUILDING IN ALL OF PERU. THE MAMACONA. THIS IS WHERE THEY TRAINED THE PRETTY YOUNG THINGS UNTIL THEY WERE READY TO PLEASE THEIR MASTERS. SHE CALLED ME A PIG WHEN I EXPLAINED THIS TO HER.
THE MAMACONA BEING PRESERVED AND RECONSTRUCTED IN JAN. 2012. MY OPINION WAS THAT EVERY PERUVIAN CITY SHOULD HAVE HAD ONE OF THESE. I KNOW A FEW LADIES THAT COULD USE SOME RE-TRAINING!
CONTRARY TO WHAT SOME MAY THINK, I DID NOT MAKE THIS CRAP UP. THE SCHOOLING PART CAME FROM A PAMPHLET THE GUIDE GAVE ME.
HERNANDO PIZARRO AND 14 SPANISH ROBBERS CAME FROM WAY IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS PICTURE, RIDING HORSES AND SEEKING PLACES TO ROB.
THESE MAY HAVE BEEN LEFTOVERS OF PIZARRO’S GANG OF LOOTERS COMING FOR A RE-LOAD!
WHEN PIZARRO AND HIS 14 MEN ARRIVED THEY WOULD HAVE SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT MUST HAVE BEEN A LITTLE INTIMIDATING TO PACK IT UP AND CARRY IT AWAY ON HORSE.
YOU CAN SEE THE BRICK WALLS BEHIND US. MANY OF THEM WERE DESTROYED AND THE BRICKS HAULED AWAY TO BE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES, BUILDINGS AND COLONIAL MANSIONS.
RZO THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THIS PART OF THE 2012 PERUVIAN WORLD TOUR.
FROM THE TOP OF PACHACAMAC LOOKING OVER THE COAST. NOTICE THE BULL RING BELOW US.
BUBBALOO OUTSIDE THE BEACH HOUSE SHARED BY RZO AND HIS 11 CLOSEST FRIENDS.
I EMERGE FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN NEAR PLAYA HERMOSA AFTER A 5 KILOMETRE SWIM (OK MAYBE IT WAS ONLY 50 METERS). BUBBALOO COULD NOT KEEP HER EYES OFF ME. SHE SAID I WAS HOT!
WE POUNDED UP THE BEACH THROUGH OUR ADORING FANS. I AM THE TANNED MUSCULAR ONE WEARING THE GREEN TRUNKS.

3 Comments

  • Craig

    Another great remembrance of a recent past – relatively. Amazing how well the mud bricks survived the centuries.
    Thanks for taking the time to recall and record your experiences – they are all great reading!
    Cheers.
    Craig

    • Jimbo Red

      Thank you for reading C! Sometimes when I sit down to try and remember places or things that we experienced, it all seems surreal. Did we actually do all these things or is it just my slipping clutch powering my writings? I think the one greatest thing that we did do, was to take 1000’s of pictures. Going thru them helps me relive our times and travels.

    • Jimbo Red

      The mud bricks are truly amazing, coupled with the dry desert like conditions in much of Peru, these hand made bricks have seemed to survive hundreds of years. Many of the homes, during colonial times were built of bricks pillaged from the ruins of ancient Peruvian sites. It is indeed incredible that they survive to this day.

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