Flight chronicles of the backpacker Tutubi, with travelogues, pictures/photos/videos, travel guides, independent and honest reviews, affordable, recommended resorts and hotels (including inns, guesthouses, pension houses, lodges, hostels, condotels, bed and breakfast and other cheap accommodations), commuting guides, routes (sometimes street maps and GPS coordinates/waypoints) and driving directions to answer "how to get there" questions, information and tips on tourism, budget travel and living in Philippines, Exotic Asia and beyond!
Backpacking, independent travel, and flashpacking are cheaper than the "cheapest package tours" and promotional offers around but you can also use travel information for family vacations, even romantic honeymoon destinations.
More than the usual tourist spots and "places to see," this blog advocates heritage conservation, environmental protection, and history awareness for Filipinos, foreigners, and ex-pats wishing to explore Paradise Philippines and Exotic Asia!
The Elongated Skulls of the Incas of Peru and Early Filipinos
Tutubi had a chance to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for free at Greenbelt myCinema a few days ago. The new "fake" archeology film takes you to Peru in the Incan capital of of Cuzco and yet Tutubi was dismayed when the pyramid shown was modeled from Chichen Itza from Mexico, the easily recognizable structure of Mayan civilization, and not of Machu Picchu, the authentic Inca city in Peru. It seems the makers of this film, including the director Steven Spielberg, didn't do their homework right by mixing Incan and Mayan architecture.
free movie poster from the official website
And how does this post relate to the Philippines?
Well, the movie used the elongated skulls of the Incas of Peru were depicted as skulls of aliens made of crystal, related to rumored aliens of Roswell in New Mexico. The elongated skulls were actually made by ancient Incas by binding the heads of infants similar to pre-colonial Filipinos' practice of cranial deformation of the temporal lobe evident in preserved remains of early Filipinos before the swords and crosses of Spain arrived. Proof? Visit the Butuan Regional Museum to see elongated skulls of early people at the Archeology section of the museum. (no pictures here since taking photos inside the museum's not allowed)
Lastly, did you know that Tutubi met Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong?
--- Note: Peru's Machu Picchu and Mexico's Chichen Itza were both elected to the New 7 Wonders of the World recently. Tutubi would love to go Backpacking in Peru and Mexico too!
free movie poster from the official website
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