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Visiting Peru : Puno and the Valle Sagrado

After leaving Copacabana, Bolivia, we took a bus bound to Puno, another city by the Titicaca lac (in Peru). Curious town, again with strong Inca influence and origins.
Clearly, a poor area of Peru. As an attraction of the area, one can visit the floating islands on the Titicaca lac, made with a particular type of straw, where some people really live.
After one or two days in Puno, we took another bus for Cusco, which was the capital of the great Inca Empire until the starting of Spanish colonization.
The incas were strongly agressed by spanish troops, but because they had an advanced civilization, their culture and ethnic survived.
Cusco is placed in the heart of the Valle Sagrado (Sacred Valley) with a beautiful and fertile plantation area; corn and coca were - and still are - main crops in Valle Sagrado.
Taking a local van in Cusco we visited some villages in this valley (see the map, second picture).
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Puno and its fountains, as in .... Geneve.
Puno and its fountains, as in .... Geneve.		 Valle Sagrado; Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire; around it there is a fertile and gorgeous plantation area.
Valle Sagrado; Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire; around it there is a fertile and gorgeous plantation area. 		From Puno to Cusco, inside the bus.
From Puno to Cusco, inside the bus. 		Small village and bus stop; picture taken from the bus.
Small village and bus stop; picture taken from the bus.
Between Puno and Cusco; beautiful scenery in the Andes area.
Between Puno and Cusco; beautiful scenery in the Andes area.		 Between Puno and Cusco; picture taken from the bus.
Between Puno and Cusco; picture taken from the bus. 		Between Puno and Cusco; beautiful scenery in the Andes area.
Between Puno and Cusco; beautiful scenery in the Andes area.		 On Puno streets.
On Puno streets.
Puno; people on streets.
Puno; people on streets. 		Puno; people on streets.
Puno; people on streets. 		People on Puno streets.
People on Puno streets.		 Puno downtown.
Puno downtown.
Puno; people on streets.
Puno; people on streets. 		Puno.
Puno.		 Puno by the Titicaca lac.
Puno by the Titicaca lac. 		Islands made with a particular type of straw, in the Titicaca lac, close to Puno. An attraction of the area.
Islands made with a particular type of straw, in the Titicaca lac, close to Puno. An attraction of the area.
Boat with the same straw; this type of boat was used to proof that inter-ocean trips could be performed before the XVth century.
Boat with the same straw; this type of boat was used to proof that inter-ocean trips could be performed before the XVth century.		 People live in these islands.
People live in these islands.		 Arriving at Pisac in the heart of the Sacred Valley.
Arriving at Pisac in the heart of the Sacred Valley.		 Pisac urban area.
Pisac urban area.
Pisac: decoration on the roofs; with some religious meaning.
Pisac: decoration on the roofs; with some religious meaning.		 At Pisac; touristic attraction: one dollar per picture.
At Pisac; touristic attraction: one dollar per picture. 		The lhama.
The lhama. 		Seen in Pisac area.
Seen in Pisac area.
Ollantaytambo, in the heart of the Sacred Valley.
Ollantaytambo, in the heart of the Sacred Valley. 		On Pisac area.
On Pisac area.		 The fertile Valle Sagrado.
The fertile Valle Sagrado.		 The Inca ruins of Pisac.
The Inca ruins of Pisac.
The Inca ruins of Pisac.
The Inca ruins of Pisac.		 The Inca ruins of Pisac.
The Inca ruins of Pisac.		 The Inca ruins of Pisac.
The Inca ruins of Pisac.		 The Inca ruins of Pisac; for temples, the rocks were cut in a very precise way; not so much for people houses.
The Inca ruins of Pisac; for temples, the rocks were cut in a very precise way; not so much for people houses.
The Inca ruins of Pisac.
The Inca ruins of Pisac.		 The Inca ruins of Pisac.
The Inca ruins of Pisac.		 Ollantaytambo, in the Sacred Valley.
Ollantaytambo, in the Sacred Valley. 		Ollantaytambo streets; the Incas developed an excelent sewage system (better than european ones, at the same time).
Ollantaytambo streets; the Incas developed an excelent sewage system (better than european ones, at the same time).
Chinchero, also in the Valle Sagrado.
Chinchero, also in the Valle Sagrado.		 Craft at Chinchero.
Craft at Chinchero.
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joseantonio10-Apr-2016 03:55
very nice gallery. This is just a fascianting country.V.
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