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This included the "White City" of Arequipa (built from volcanic stone sillar) of Arequipa, with its Santa Catalina Monastery; Colca Canyon and the its valleys and terraced hills; Islands of the Uros; Lake Titicaca; Taquile Island; the Sacred Valley and Ollantaytambo with its beautiful stonework; Puno train-ride; and Sillustani with its chullpas. |
Camera: Canon Elph 2 APS-film (Analog)
These are scanned from 4x6 prints, using an HP4C scanner (1997).
Pictures from the MACHU PICCHU portion are in their own travel folder at PBase.
If you'd like to read more details of the trip, please drop by.
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Colca Canyon, Arequipa (no railings, as usual, which is good |
Condor Pass Condor with 10-foot wing span enjoying the morning exercise |
Man taking in the beautiful vista there, |
Fruit vendors at Condor Pass |
Some caught a lift with us |
Fruit vendor across from the first group |
Colca Canyon Valley. Click for original larger size. |
Terracing for miles |
From an earthquake? |
Indian town in the valley on the left |
From a window of our van I was in a bus that took some of us through Ollantaytambo, or the Sacred Valley, when
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Beautiful color and a glimpse of one eye ;-) I shot this photo of her through the window. This incompletely framed image was scanned
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That's a real bird. Eagle ? |
-I- wouldn't have done this without a hat.! |
11,000-12,000 ft above sea level here. The lungs can feel it. These are our excellent Hada Tour guide Yudy
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Church in Arequipa City |
Arequipa's Santa Catalina "Monastery" |
400 yr old square-block convent, Translation at my PhotoDiary. |
The nuns were daughters of the well-to-do |
Many nuns' homes had private courtyards. |
For more re the nuns' lifestyle click here for my trip report. |
View from one of the personal courtyards |
Very spare in windows! Beautiful color |
Puno - a trip to visit The Uros |
Floating home built on and from straw For what life is like on the islands, be sure to read Miranda France's fantastic article
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4 hours each way, no restroom aboard |
Uros Islands |
Life on the Island (see link to an excellent report). See a superb report on life here.
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Recreation on the islands. I saw a recent picture showing the same scene, a little girl dressed almost
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This bird kept coming after me when it saw me shooting. |
Life there is supported by sales to tourists. If interested in what life is like on the islands, do read Miranda France's fantastic article
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Leaving for Taquile Island ! |
Approaching Taquile Island 22 people on this motor boat w/o a restroom |
Arrival at Taquile Island, where there is no electricity but there is clear air and water. On the middle of the highest navigable lake in the world, Taquile Island has kept its
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A wee guide to the island (about 10-12 years old) |
500 steps up, with a dinner as reward above This was arduous at 13,000 ft on a warm day, with even young people who had
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This is what it felt like, going up in the sun at 12,500 ft above sea level. |
Local women on their daily chores |
Looking down on the lake while going up the 500+ steps. |
The men of Taquile with their distinctive garb That clothing includes knitted hats and some color coding, for marital status, in the
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Gorgeous view from the first or second level of three to get to the very top of the island. |
Men knit their own caps, jackets For a fascinating article on life on Taquile Island, see Linda Monahan's report. |
A woman doing her work in a good job location |
Taq11.jpg- The colder air upon 4-hour return to Puno The group is less carefree looking at the end of this trip to Taquile Island
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CUSCO area - on our entry ticket |
Visiting The Sacred Valley |
The Sacred Valley: one of the stock shots you'll see from us visitors. |
Approaching Pisac Market |
Pisac Market |
I've seen them in other visitor photos! |
The Pisac Market family regulars |
Pisac Market tents and weeping wllow tree, I think |
Pisac Market: unloading with gorgeous hill formations behind |
Pisac Market, keeping the tents supplied |
Ollantaytambo's familiar rock hill, with face-form on it. |
Closer look at face-like form on the mountain rock New explanations for this can be read at my Peru PhotoDiary page, |
Stairs to fortress and sacred temple |
Ollantaytambo steps to fortress remains, top left |
Ollantaytambo: near top. We're walking toward a portal. City of Ollantaytambo below. |
After walking thru' the portal, we see area to the right. |
This gal appeared at the top as I looked up. |
Foundations of fortress / temple near top City of Ollantaytambo and path to portal below. |
Ollantaytambo: beautiful stonework |
Stonework: no mortar used. To this day, no one is sure how they did this. And stones were brought up
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Ollantaytambo: Temple / Fortress remains Note the method by which they're all connected to the next piece. |
Near the entrance-exit, the interior of a resting place. |
Again, looking up steps of Ollantaytambo fortress area |
A fountain right outside the resting spot a few shots back |
Gold Dusk in The Sacred Valley |
Another view at dusk in The Sacred Valley |
The Sacred Valley - mountains behind farmed land
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Sillustani - tombs of different styles and subcultures |
The lake at Sillustani |
Sillustani - Sheep below a picturesque tomb |
Sillustani sheep again |
Sillustani - top of smaller tomb, with lake behind |
Sillustani lake and striking tomb (chullpa) Chullpas are circular vertical burial places |
Sillustani: Our guide Jesus explaining features of the chullpa |
Leaving Puno. Photos from window of train to Cusco The children were holding up signs. I loved the bonnet on the baby and the typical bowler
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Puno: it was a celebration day. Taken from train window. |
Train from Puno to Cuzco From the train, in motion. Quite a few scenes like this, throughout the bumpy ride. |
From window of train to Cusco We experienced a disquieting rock through the window on this ride. |
Still on the train but at a stop, was struck by this rural scene |
During stop on way to Cuzco: detail from previous photo |
During another train stop - items for sale |
From train: nearing Machu Picchu |
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