Our first lunch in Lima - some ceviche and fresh juice |
View of hazy Lima coastline |
Cliffs and coastal highway |
At the outdoor mall, Larcomar, in the ritzier Miraflores neighbourhood |
Larcomar at night |
Our first church viewing, of many to come |
Our ride to Ica... actually a tripod taxi |
Huacachina, south of Ica. An oasis town in the desert. |
Allison basking in the rays |
Cute couple shot |
Some hill repeats |
Feel the burn! It was a balmy 29 that day. |
Flamenco pose |
Steep dune |
High above |
View of Huacachina |
Waiting for our buggy tour |
Our dune buggy ride! |
atop one of the dunes |
Sandy vista |
Strange to see desert on the coast |
Sandboarding! |
I got some serious speed |
Waiting for Allie to come down |
Waxing up again... |
No caption needed |
Tuck those elbows in! |
Yeehaw |
Another dune pose |
Feel the wind (and sand) |
View of the oasis |
Huacachina, Peru |
Locals get out in evening sun for some sliding fun |
City of Arequipa - elevation 2200m. |
Architecture using light-coloured volcanic rock |
More grand colonial buildings |
Arcades on the Plaza de Armas |
Plaza de Armas |
Monasterio de Santa Catalina |
Coloured walls used to cut down on glare for nuns |
The convent occupies a whole city block |
Floating shelf |
Founded in 1580 to house nuns from the richest Spanish families |
View down one of the many corridors |
Mark in doorway |
Bell |
Cactus |
A view down one of the streets |
A well used in the kitchen |
Pichu Pichu in the distance (5571m) |
View of the Great Cloister |
In the Great Cloister |
A favourite pastime: hanging out outside the church |
Tripes anyone? |
Fruit stand in large indoor market |
The photographer becomes the subject |
Enough already! |
Vicunas on the altiplano at 4000m elevation |
The first of many colourful clothes for sale |
Baby llamas |
Well-adorned llama |
Offerings to the Pachamama (Mother Earth) |
Yikes, we're high up... and who forgot to take their altitude pills? |
Cute girl poses for some money |
Our home for the night |
The local lawnmower... |
...seems cute... |
...doesn't really like me next to him though. |
In Yanque in the Colca Valley, ladies with falcons |
Still using traditional transportation |
Herding animals |
Inca terraces still used 500 years later |
'Colcas' that were used for storing food |
Feeling the altitude even at 3300m |
Our first Inca steps |
Narrow doorway |
Kid just hanging out chewing some coca leaves |
The local thermal hotsprings... not that nice though |
Hanging out in the blankets |
Local kids do an entertaining dance at our hotel |
Posing for the camera |
More terraces |
Incan tombs high up in the cliffside |
All the tombs were raided |
Allison posing at the edge of the Colca Canyon |
3300m drop from top to bottom on the far side |
Contemplation |
The hordes await... |
...the highly-anticipated Andean condor |
Soaring overhead on thermal winds |
The requisite knitted goods |
Getting the hands dirty making mud bricks |
Thousands of terraces |
Many interesting purses |
Church in Maca |
School kids pose |
The token alpaca family |
Colourful llama ears |
Poor raptor gets a job |
Llamas and sheep on the altiplano |