Kuelap Photo Set

These are photos taken from the last day of my excursion into the Gran Vilaya Valley. All photo's were taken w/ a Nikon F3 using Fuji 400 Superia film



This is the outside wall to the fortress of Kuelap. It's estimated that the Chachapoyan confederation used over 100,000 stone blocks, each weighing 200 to 450 lbs, to make the massive structure. Kuelap is 1919 feet long, 330 feet wide, and ranges between 20 and 50 feet tall. Larger View



To show some scale.



Reconstructed typical Chachapoyan structure.



An example of Chachapoyan stone work. This particular piece represents a serpent.



This face guards the entrance stairs to an inverted, cone-shaped building believed to be a giant solar calendar.



Another example of Chachapoyan stone work thought to represent jaguar eyes.





Most of the ruins are still covered with bromealids, moss, and flowers.



Llamas in the PIT!!!



Typical cloud forest bromealid



Military watch tower



View off the watch tower



Deadly millipede



Flowers for Algernon