Peru December 2 - 22, 2004
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First stop: Pisac, Peru.
A little town outside of
Cusco.
View from Pisac into the
Sacred Valley of the Incas
Christine and the Inca
ruins of Pisac
Our first real Incan temple -
Pisac
Spooky - the cemetery of the Incas
This is part of the hike
up to the top of the ruins
The first hostal in Pisac,
and the German owner
The temple of Human
Sacrifice
Next stop - Aguas Calientes, home of
Machu Pichu
Machu Pichu!!
Machu Pichu
The post card view - we
climbed the tall mountian in
the back - WaynaPichu
more Machu Pichu
On to Cusco, the capital city of
the Incas. This is the main square
In Machu Pichu - Those darn llamas
and alpacas are everywhere
Cusco - A catholic church built over the
remains of an Incan temple
Those llamas looked so cute!
Cute - but they make
nice hats
Bolivia is in the distance.
The locals say Peru has the
Titi, and Boliva got the
Caca
On the famous floating
Uros Islands of Lake
Titicaca
On Lake Titicaca. Peru
shares the lake with Bolivia
No trip is complete, unless you stop by
the local Incan fertility temple
On the island at Lake Titicaca we
met some of the coolest people of
our trip. An Aussie (Kevin) on a year
long adventure, and a German
(Robea)
The main square of Puno
(next to the lake)
Nuns!
This is inside the famous
convent of Arequipa. This
was just opened to the public
30 years ago
On to Arequipa, Peru. We
dined at a restaurant
overlooking the main square
Beautiful flowers inside the convent
Last stop - the Amazon
Did someone say
Tarzan?
A pet Anaconda
Finally a pet that won't eat the
child, an anteater
