Border crossing
Golden figurine
Boy at local shop, Piura
INCA KOLA! Peruvian equivalent of Mountain Dew, only sweeter
Chiclayo museum
at the North coast Beach
Real humal skull & femeur arrangements at the Catacombs below Lima
Lima pigeons
Plaza de Armas, Lima. My sweatshirt matches the building colors perfectly! I am cameoflauged.
This monk converted Amazon peoples to Christianity with his violin
I can see the resemblence in these gold masks to some of the Mestziso faces you see around Peru
Solid gold Inca treasures
Safe in which priceless gold treasures are kept
Typical Lima ugliness. 8 Million people!
Desert with a random tree
Early morning bus view
Bus from Lima to Cuzco... 21 hours!
Plaza de Armas, Cuzco
Top of the hill above Cuzco
Illigally dangerous shennanigans as usual in the bell tower of a Church in Cuzco
Plaza de Armas from above, Cuzco
Shabbat preparations at the Cuzco Chabbad
Peruvian currency-- solés
Cuzco market
Campensina in the Sacred Valley
Chincheros in the sacred valley
Chincheros, Sacred Valley
Andean cows
Huge puffs of kettle corn
Sun flower with the sun right behind it.
Inca warrior glorified even though he was defeated by the murderous Pizzaro, whose statue is not present at the site of his victory
Ollantaytambo
Pisac
Pisac ruins
On the way east of Cusco up the mountains
Near Tastayok mountain pass... road is at 4000 meters... peaks are 6000 meters. This is on the desert side....
And the for the forest side
Biking down the western slop of the Andes
Avoiding the splash
Our guide on the Jungle Trail to Machu Piccu
Dusty-faced after mountain biking
School bus
Natural red paint
Inka trail!
A woman walks the inca trail
Coffee beans drying out
Dangerous spider
Watch out for this guy
On the hike on the way to Macchu
Resting my weary feet after a day of walking
Resting on the bridge
Cable car bridge
Mighty but artificial waterfall, part of a hydroelectric system
Walking along the defunct train tracks to Macchu Piccu
Machu Picchu from Putukusi
View on the other side of Putukusi
Macchu Piccu Pieblo
Descending the cliffs of Purukusi
Terraces at Machu Picchu
Llamas now roam the lost city of the Incas
From the top of Wayna Picchu, the huge rock that stands obove the city
Moon Temple below Wayna Picchu
agricultural terraces and urban structures
Machu Picchu
Classic Machu Picchu pose... with the yummy Inca Kola shirt and the pants that ripped
Approaching Machu Picchu on the inca trail
The entrance to the city
Machupicchu sign
Machu Picchu Pueblo or Aguas Calientes... solely a tourist town
Huge ear of corn
The sacred valley was sacred for its fertility as well as for the god-like snow capped peaks that surround it
Bus ride from Cuzco to Lima
There's always an internet place around the corner
Harnessing up for the climb
Scaling a cliff near Huaraz
Almost at the top
The glaciered slopes of Huascaran, Peru´s highest peak, at over 6700 meters!
On the way to Laguna 69
Glacier
Snow and ice
Laguna 69
The lake's water is the purest you can find
Huascaran National Park
Andes crags
The zipper of my bag broke, but instead of buying a new quality backpack for $45 or a low quality one for $10, I went to the shoe repairman and fixed it for $7. He did a great job! Good as new!
Chan Chan ruins outside Trujillo
A famous Peruvian singer¨poses at the Chan Chan ruins.
Hairless dogs guard the mud temples
Ugly hairless dog. This species loses all its fur because of an abnormally high body temperature.
Trujilo main square
colorful Trujillo
Beach near Trujillo