In the month of July I travelled with my companion to Cajamarca, it was the city know as the last refuge of the last Inca Atahualpa, a half brother of Huascar, who ruled Cusco in Peru. Atahualpa was put to death by Francisco Pizarro.
You can still visit the ransom room, which he had filled with gold in return for his freedom. The only freedom he got from this Christian son of a bitch, who had only gold an silver and fame on his mind, was to be strangled to death.
From Cajamarca one can visit many scenic places. One of that was El Porcón, a domain owned by the Adventist Church. You have many natives working there, making a living by producing textiles and other pretty handicrafts. But getting down there with other Peruvians from Lima was not quite what I thought I was going to see.
Lots of wild animals in captivity like jaguars, ocelots, hawks and eagles, the rare Andean fox, the bespectacled Peruvian bear (nearly brought to extinction, I heard, as for hundreds of years people shot it down everywhere where they saw it). But hang on in there, the sight for me to behold was the King Condor, also known as the White Condor, who contrary to its name, has all the colours of the rainbow.
On our way down to the valley I got the Bible lesson of my life because every 30 meters there was a quote to be read.
I hated it, why not leave nature alone? Surely, they didn't miss the opportunity to christen any visitor, Indian or Caucasian. I couldn't help posing in front of one of those quotes pointing the phallic 'up yours' finger to the sky.The literal translation of that quote sounds like this: "It is of utmost necessity that the gospel be taught to all nations of the world!"
Oh yeah, and why?
I, for one, think it is the biggest crime against humanity to take a people's religion away, taking advantage of their poverty. And some indigenous leaders have started to take the Church to court for that via the UN.
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