rjadelsonourlife: Shanty town named Oasis- archeological dig temple Pachacamac

We drove to a dig of a temple and surrounding grounds found 40 years ago. Stuart K. would have loved to see this. Lima has one inch of rain a year and the area is all sand.

The llama are used as a lawn mower. I am not kidding.

We stopped at a fish market. Had a tour of all the fish.

Crabs from Peru

Mini crabs used for bait.

History of Shanty towns.
People take over a plot of land over night. A group might be from an inland area. They are indigos Indians. The government will not force them to move because of the children and women. They form a government with a leader. Phasa one- The people will live the huts with plastic roofs. They make streets. Food stores, beauty parlors and other organizations are formed. Phase two- the people make the home more permanent. With doors, solid roof. They get electricity. Some have cable tv on the roofs. They get running water in the house but not bathrooms. The shanty town we saw was four years old. There is a cafeteria that women cook for people in need. The men will leave to work on daily jobs. Sell on the streets. The people can send their children to the schools outside the town. They can use the medicals facilities outside the town. They save land in the town for future schools, playgrounds. There was a gate to protect the people in the town. Outsiders can not come in. If a person is a problem, they will be kicked out. Phase three and onward, the people continue to make everything more permeant .They start to build second and third floors on the house. Buy windows and brick the house bit by bit. In time the government will allow the shanty town to become a legal town. They will get plumbing and sewers, and bathrooms. This town had about 500 families. We found not begging from the people. This is summer vacation and the kids are not in school.
Gate to get into town.