Peru
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
Continue the journey to Arequipa (about 570km through the desert)
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
