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15.9.2015 - Lima seafront

Plaza de Armas, Lima

Basilica & Convent of San Francisco, Lima

The catacombs of San Francisco

Pre-Colombian Art, Larco Museum, Lima

16.9.2015 - Lima to Paracas

Paracas National Reserve

Playa Roja (Red Beach))

Marine fossils 36 million years ago

Elongated skulls, Paracas History Museum

17.9.2015 - Hua Cachina sand dunes

Nazca lines

From the tower

On the way to Chauchilla Cemetary

Mummies from the Nazca culture in the Chauchilla Cemetery

18.9.2015 - Cahuachi

המשך המסע לארקיפה (כ-570 ק"מ דרך המדבר)

The Pan American Highway with many heavy trucks

Stephanie at the hotel after more than 12 hours in the car

19.9.2015 - View of Arequipa, altitude 2300m with the surrounding volcanoes

Plaza de Armas

Cloisters of the Jesuit church

The 4 types of llamas in Peru: vicuña , guanaco, alpaca, and llama

Santa Catalina Monastery

20.9.2015 - vicuñas in the High Plateau (Altiplano)

Muña, a mint-like Peruvian medicinal plant that makes herbal tea to help relieve symptoms of altitude sickness

Coca leaves sold legally in Peru

Views of the High Plateau

!Altitude 4910 metres

Chivay

A celebration

Our hotel

21.9.2015

Colca Canyo: one of the deepest canyons in the world

Condors flying in the canyon

The road to Puno, Lake Titicaca

22.9.2015 - Uros floating islands, Lake Titicaca altitude 3820m

Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca

Men knitting

...Doing washing the old fashion way

Casa Andina Private Collection, Puno - A suite with oxygen (if needed because of the height)

A rainstorm over Puno & Lake Titicaca

23.9.2015 - On the way to Cusco

Raqchi - Inca archaeological site

24.9.2019 - Cuzco

Sacsayhuaman the historic capital of the Inca Empire, Cuzco

Down Town Cuzco

Plaza de Armas, Cozco, altitude 3400 m

24.9.2015 - Nuestra Señora de la Merced fiesta

Traditional Peruvian weaving in Plaza de Armas

Another fiesta in Plaza de Armas

25.9.2015

San Pedro market

4000 kinds of potatoes are grown in Peru

26.9.2015 - The Sacred Valley

Chinchero

Maras - salt evaporation ponds

Ollantaytambo village and an Inka archeological site

Roasted guinea pig, a popular Peruvian dish

Pisac village - Inca ruins

27.9.2019 - The train to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu)

Skylodge Adventure Suites

Aguas Calientes

Machu Picchu

29.9.2015 - Madre de Dios River , The Amazon Rainforest, Peru

Puerto Maldonado

By boat on Madre de Dios River to our lodge

29.9-2.10.2015 - Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica

Fire ants

1.10.2015 - Ready for a hike in a very muddy path in the jungle

Lago Sandoval

Bats

Very muddy trail

An caiman (type of a South American alligator) eating a frog

2.10.2015 - Back in Lima

3.10.2015 - walking from city center to Barranco District

Coming back by public bus no. 7

Shopping center Larcomar at night