Another view from the video of what the main level is thought to have looked like.
Kuelap
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Another view from the video of what the main level is thought to have looked like. |
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These are buildings from the living and craft areas. Here and there we saw decorations, some that are still used by the townsfolk around here. Inside the layout is fairly standard. There may be a fire pit, but there seems to always be a hollow bench along one end, where guinea pigs were being raised and contained. |
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A reconstruction shows what the entire fortress was once populated with. |
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Another look south, now from this level, showing the impossibility to attack this place, and in the distance the visitor's center |
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Looking south, near that end of the structure, with the road we came up on in the distance on the far side of the valley. |
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A heavily built-up area adjacent to the main temple, shown in the bottom picture.. |
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The solitary carving on the temple that points to another culture and may have roots in Europe. |
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| On the eastern wall (see map) there is another path out, but it ends on the steep slope below and were anyone to get this far, this is a serious kill zone for any intruder | My little neighbor from the hostel and her mom |
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And then it was time to depart, with assorted fuzz-balls cheering us silently on our way |
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Now that I knew what to look for, and the light was kind, it was easy to detect Kuelap from across the valley |
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It was clearly better to look up than down. We made it to the restaurant, had our delicious dinner and were back home before dark. |
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