Samipata made a nice stop on the trip from Sucre to Santa Cruz, and is the home of an Inca ruins site called El Fuerte, or the fort, due to its location.
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View of the valley in which you will find Samipata, looking towards Santa Cruz
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Looking back up toward Samipata?
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The ruins of El Fuerte
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More of El Fuerte
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It has been claimed that this was a launch pad for UFOs. I can see why.
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carvings
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It's hard to tell from this photo, but that hole is about 30m deep, and 1-1.5m across
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It's been a while since I've had a good fungus shot.
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There's a brown bird with a long tail in that tree. I don't know his name.
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Ants!
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El Fuerte is atop that hill
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