Archive for October, 2009
Stone and Colour
Stone and Colour

Bright fungus decorating the walls of the inca ruins at Ollantaytambo.

Terraces
Terraces

Inca fields almost form an amphitheater in the Pisac Ruins.

Sacred Valley II
Sacred Valley II

Looking along the Urubamba river.

Sacred Valley I
Sacred Valley I

Looking out over Peru’s sacred valley.

Plaza de Armas
Plaza de Armas

Cusco’s main square.

Twelve Sided Stone
Twelve Sided Stone

Part of the old Inca palace in Cusco. The guides are very proud of this feat of engineering, but if you take a peek in some bigger cracks, you’ll see that the precise carving is more or less an ancient form of stone cladding.

Andean Sunrise
Andean Sunrise

En route to Cusco from Lima.

Nazca Desert III
Nazca Desert III

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Observation Tower
Observation Tower

Here you can see the Tree and the Hands which are the only two of the Nazca line drawings really visible from the ground.

The Hummingbird
The Hummingbird

One of the many line drawings in the Nazca Desert.

The Condor
The Condor

One of the many line drawings in the Nazca Desert.

The Astronaut
The Astronaut

One of the famous line drawings in the Nazca Desert

Nazca Desert II
Nazca Desert II

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Nazca Desert I
Nazca Desert I

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Sea Lions
Sea Lions

Relaxing a few meters up a sheer rock face.

Wild Coast II
Wild Coast II

In the Ballestas Islands within Peru’s Paracas National Reserve

Wild Coast I
Wild Coast I

In the Ballestas Islands within Peru’s Paracas National Reserve

Stone Arch
Stone Arch

Rock formation in the Ballestas Islands.

Penguins II
Penguins II

Humboldt Penguins on the rocks of the Ballestas Islands.

Portal II
Portal II

Rock formations and sea birds in the Ballestas Islands in Peru.

Sea Birds
Sea Birds

Peruvian Boobies covering the rocks of one of the Ballestas Islands.


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