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TRIP TO PERU August 2008
This shot is taken of the Ollaytantambo ruins. This espectcular site is oneof my favorite stops when I visit Cuzco. The remains of the Incas impressive solid stone-engineering expands through the Urubamba valley, all the way to Cuzco city >>>
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Sacsayhuamán from the Quechua composed, it comes Sacsay which means fullfill and huamán the hawk. The hawk, bird of prey which abunds in the peruvian sierra, was the protector of the first inka Manko Qhapaj.
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These series of images is the result of a trip to Ollanta in a Sunday afternoon in middle of winter in the southern hemisphere, some fifty miles from Cusco city in the Andes of Peru. This is the time of the year were farmers gather the seeds and prepare the ground for sowing. Reddish tones of land and mud are the brush of the symetric fields abroad.
Chinchero was found in the middle of the most beautiful campiñas, with the objective to serve the Inca Tupac Yupanki with a place to rest.
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Arequipa, also known as the Ciudad Blanca. Arequipa (2,350 m.a.s.l.), is the capital of the department of the same name. It is a beautiful city of mansions, temples and convents built out of 'sillar' - a material of solidified volcanic rock -, and distinguished by a unique architectural style. Arequipa is surrounded by magical countryside giving it a refreshing, bucolic air.
Arequipa is known by its highest volcanos in South America. The Misti (5.825 msnm) the most emblematic of Arequipa
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A view of the rain forest near the Nanay river, half and hour from Iquitos, and see me having dinner with "Chonta" at the Sinchicuy lodge. To see more click here
Here is an aerial view of the "Colibri", one of the many Nazca lines embedded on the dry sandi surface of Nazca. These impressive graphics carved on the sand surface are the remains of the Nazca Culture. Located on the Nazca desert in the south of Peru, the markings runs over the Pan American Higway, near the Pacific ocean.
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Find out about my trip to la Meseta de Marcahuasi, many many years ago. On the highlands of Peru, the Marcahuasi rocks lay on an surface of near 4,000 meters in altitude.
Walter