First Anniversary trip (slightly delayed), April 2008
Peru Index
Barranco and Miraflores (Lima)
"El Beso," by Victor Delfin, in Parque
del Amor, appears in a smaller scale
on the balcony of his home, below
(click here)
Art by Victor Delfin (in whose B&B home we stayed)
Cusco
Coca leaves, right by the tea, for brewin' or chewin'.
Yes,
you can buy big bags of them at the market.
Just don't go trying to pack
them for the return trip.
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Aguascalientes (Macchupichu town)
Jan observes the irony in the name of the town, because our hotel has very little hot water.
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Machupicchu
MOUSEOVER on the shot below to see the approximate path I hiked up Waynapicchu. Following shots will give a better view of the ruins built at the peak.
MOUSEOVER on the
shot BELOW to get a better idea of the scale,
related to the next two shots below it
closeup 1
closeup 2
And this is my actual shot from the peak itself.
I'd
say about 35-45 people were up there, spread around.
Notice some tiny subjects praying to me?
(I just asked another guy to take this shot
to show the perspective,
though the city is almost completely obscured by the clouds.
I didn't realize how the composition would turn out.)
Especially considering the walls in a shot like this
(above), Jan observed that
Macchupicchu probably wasn't actually abandoned. They all died building it.
Back in the city with Jan
MOUSEOVER on the shot BELOW to get a better idea of the
scale,
related to the shots above and below it
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Crowds begin seating in the amphitheater for the Billy Idol concert
Mouseover this one:
Tourists who apparently forgot to bring enough coca leaves