#19: Peru May 2004

 

Cusco

Monumento Pachacuteq

History of the Inka wall painting

Tambomachay ruins

Pucapucara ruins

Walking stick

Qenqo ruins

Sacsayhuaman ruins

Upon the throne (check out the Inka head on the left)

Natural slides

Inka calender

Sacsayhuaman

The view of Cusco from Sacsayhuaman

Plaza de Armas

Sacred Valley: Pisaq

Pisaq springs

Cactus flower

Pisaq

Tiny monkey

The 10 ton granit walls in Ollantaytambo

Ollantaytambo

Ollantaytambo springs

Chinchero church

Museo Inka

Museo Inka: Deformed skulls

Weaver outside Museo Inka

 

Nasca

Flying over the Nasca Lines

Astronaut / Shaman

Monkey (90m high)

Condor (130m wingspan)

Spider

Humming Bird

Cemeteria de Chanchilla

Cemeteria de Chanchilla

Cemeteria de Chanchilla

Gold processing

Video: Nasca

 

Pisco / Reserva Nacional de Parcas

Candelabra

Islas Ballestas: Sealions

Thousands of seabirds

Penguins

More birds...

Vultures feasting on dead sealions on the beach

The Cathedral

Pelicans

 

Lima

Museo del Tribunal de la Santa Inquision; the dungeon cells

Plaza Mayor, complete with riot police

Monasterio de San Francisco; library

The catacombs in Monasterio de San Francisco

Museo de la Nacion

Nasca trophy head

The tomb of the "Lord of Sipan"

Want some milk in your coffee?

 

Trujillo

Plaza de Armas

Chan Chan

Huaca Arco Iris