Canine companions of Tucume (Drive Day 158: December 4th, 2003)
We arrive too late to find a human guard at the gates of the Tucume ruins. But two homeless, hungry hairless dogs make us feel more than welcome. More as in instantly heartsick: for them and for Wipeout. Nevertheless, they lead us through a break in the shrub fence where we can duck into the deserted ruins and to what looks like a giant termite mound. It’s actually one of the site’s 26 eroded pyramids basically carved out of a mountain, supported by beams and at one time plastered over with adobe. It’s spectacular and haunting all at once.
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