El Museo de Cacha is located in the center of Pucara Tambo, it is the first thing a visitor sees when entering the site after going through the huge puerto del sol, but may people bypass it because the door does not face the entrance to the site, instead is faces the ceremonial square onContinue reading “El Museo de Cacha…lets see what we’ve got!”
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Who owns El Museo de Cacha?
I was lucky enough to meet the people who own my site…and it is not the community of Cacha, surprise! Well technically the Federación de Pueblo Cacha de la Nación Puruwa Cacha (FECAIPAC) own the land but the Duchicela Family has a 10 year lease on Pucara Tambo that started in 2007. Jorge Duchicela MD isContinue reading “Who owns El Museo de Cacha?”
Pucara Tambo
I took a taxi up to Cacha the day after the festival on the most beautiful road I have seen so far in Ecuador! It is newly laid and makes the twisting ride up the mountain much more enjoyable than it would be on a dirt road. The billboard to the left is placed alongContinue reading “Pucara Tambo”
Festival in Cacha
Center of the ceremonial circle. After spending a week in Quito, Ecuador I made my way to Riobamba, which is the town closest to my site in Cacha. This morning I took a taxi down to Cacha because my contact told me they were having their annual festival and I wouldn´t want to miss it and sheContinue reading “Festival in Cacha”
