Alpaca...tasty tasty |
Llama...starting to tell the difference |
Alpaca and Llamas in front of a traditional house on the road to Sillustani |
Traditional stone compound on the road to Sillustani |
Each family lives in a walled enclosure with several huts |
Traditional rural enclosure on the Altiplano en route to Sillustani |
Atuncolla, Peru |
Church of San Andres, Atuncolla, Peru |
Iglesia San Andres de Atuncolla, Peru |
Main plaza, Antuncolla, Peru |
Municipalidad Distrital Atuncolla |
Freestanding stone house near Atuncolla |
Llamas grazing in front of a traditional enclosure |
In Africa, I'd call it a kraal...here, choza |
Cattle wading in the Lake Umayo below Sillustani |
Lago Umayo by Sillustani |
Alpaca |
Sillustani |
Parking area and village at Sillustani |
Late afternoon at Sillustani |
Lago Umayo, Sillustani |
The plowed furroughs are called waru waru |
Lago Umayo, Sillustani |
Village at Sillustani |
Sillustani is famous as a pre-Incan burial ground of the Colla people, Aymara |
Chullpa, an ancient Aymara tomb |
The Aymara worshiped their ancestors and built these stone Chullpas as their tombs |
Aymara stonework differs from that of the Inca |
Detail of a Chullpa at Sillustani |
Marcos on top of a rock, Sillustani |
Marcos, my knowledgable guide |
Ruins of a Chullpa with only two layers remaining |
Chullpa tomb, Sillustani |
Marcos, Sillustani |
Chullpa remains, Sillustani |
Lago Umayo from the necropolis of Sillustani |
Some Chullpas are barely piles of rock today |
Pre-Incan burial ground at Sillustani |
Sillustani |
Sillustani |
Long shadows, late afternoon |
Chulpa Cuadrada - dating from the Inca period |
Chulpa remains, Sillustani |
Chulpa remains, Sillustani |
Lago Umayo - 3890m |
Sillustani |
Chullpas were used to bury entire families |
Marcos, Sillustani |
Late afternoon sun behind a dry stone wall, Sillustani |
Late afternoon sun behind a dry stone wall, Sillustani |
Late afternoon sun behind a dry stone wall, Sillustani |
One of the best preserved Chullpa, Sillustani |
One of the best preserved Chullpa, Sillustani |
One of the best preserved Chullpa, Sillustani |
The largest chullpa are 12m tall |
Chullpa, Sillustani - tombs of Colla nobility |
Chullpa, Sillustani |
Carving of a lizard on one of the chullpa of Sillustani |
Peek through to the interior through an eastern-facing opening |
Chullpa, Sillustani |
Chullpa, Sillustani |
Bolivian license plate from La Paz |
Rough section of road along Lake Umayho |
Friendly boy sitting in front of his family's home...we decided to stop... |
I tried to pinpoint the house on Google Earth but couldn't...leaving Sillustani, it's only a couple of km on the right hand side |
The family operates the home as a guesthouse |
One of the rooms available for guests |
The main enclosure of the home |
The boy showing us traditional tools |
Here, an tool to prepare the fields |
Traditional home near Sillustani operating as a guest house |
Samples of traditional foods |
Griding grain |
The kitchen |
Guinea pig |
The guinea pigs have their own little thatched house |
I had guinea pigs as pets as a kid...couldn't see eating them |
Guestroom |
Arch leaving Acuncolla ont he Sillustani Road |