I was shocked that we had to take a local chicken bus bumpy
as hell for 3 hours just to get to the nearest town north of Lima named
Barancca. Then soon after the bargaining started with all the taxi drivers in
town who looked at 8 bewildered tourist whom rely on one and only one Sparky
for Spanish translation and negotiation. After settling for a good price on a 10 seated
Van we were on our way to Coral which took another 1 hour.
Coral was beautiful thou, large and not known despite it
being the 2nd oldest civilization in the planet, second to only
Mesopotamia. It was low key and not many tourist knows about it, yet it was
fascinating in its own way. With some help on publicity and repackaging it
properly it could well be a hit like Machu Pichu but I guess like anything that
comes second it gets much much lesser fame.
An official Park Ranger Guide must be hired to enter and
could be shared by 20 people maximum which rounds down to about 1 sols each.
The guide serves as a historian and gives much explanation with plenty of
vigour. If only I could understand better Spanish …
As I visited Coral I saw the potential of the place as a
tourist attraction. I was discussing with Sparky that there was potential of
creating a tour out to Coral from Lima. A chartered Van to skip all the bus and
time wasting effort not to mention taxi bargaining, and for as little as 60
Sols a person with bare minimum setup the tour might take off well enough to
fund Sparky’s dream of owning a hostel in Lima. Too bad it’s not in Malaysia else
I would have jumped to start it up immediately.
So the 9 of us was the experimental trip which cost nearly
45 Sols …. Smile I said to them when we were taking the group photo …. Sparky
gonna use this as a photo advert for the tour to Coral ….. Sparky eyes gleamed
at me idea sparking no doubt.
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