Perú y Bolivia 2009 |
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Arriving Peru |
Sunrise over Amazonia |
At Lima Airport, departing for Cuzco |
Inflight, Lima - Cuzco |
Arriving Cuzco |
At Cuzco airport (alt. 3300m) |
Hostal @ alt. 3469m | Peruanian woman |
Peruanian woman with child |
Police is present everywhere |
Cuzco |
Cuzco - Plaza de Armas |
Sacred Valley of the Incas |
Parking near Pisac | Drying of bricks |
Pisac, connecting point between highlands and jungle |
Pisac Ruins |
Pisac Ruins |
Pisac Ruins |
Pisac - steps between terraces |
Andes |
Weather changes over Moray |
Moray, agricultural laboratory of the Incas, alt. 3500m |
Moray from satellite (Google Earth) |
Ollantaytambo and Urubamba river valley in the backround |
Impressive Ollantaytambo and Patakancha river valley |
The Temple Hill, Ollantaytambo |
Storehouses | Terraces in Ollantaytambo |
Train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes |
Entering pure amazonian jungle |
Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu Pueblo) |
Waiting for buses to Machu Picchu, 5AM |
Sunrise in mountain jungle, alt. 2430m |
On the trip to Waynapicchu summit (alt. 2634m) |
Machu Picchu - "The Lost City of the Incas" |
Perú Rail train, 700m lower in the valley |
Machu Picchu from Waynapicchu |
Urubamba river valley from Waynapicchu |
Machu Picchu panorama |
Machu Picchu, never found by Spanish |
Intihuatana stone | Guarding lizard |
Fashion show in train back to Ollantaytambo |
Entering Bolivia in Desaguadero |
Road near Tiahuanaco |
Tiahuanaco, Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia |
The Gate of Sun, Tiahuanaco |
El Fraile and Ponce stela, temple Kalasasaya, Tiahuanaco |
Tiahuanaco train station, elevation 3870m |
Continuing to La Paz |
In "Collectivo" - lot of huts |
Valle de la Luna, La Paz |
Valle de la Luna, La Paz |
La Paz city center - Plaza San Francisco |
La Paz, the highest capital in the world (alt. 3660m) |
Crossing Titicaca Lake in Strait of Tiquina |
Around Titicaca on Copacabana Peninsula |
Copacabana at sunset | After sunset |
On Tititaca Lake, alt. 3823m |
Arriving Isla del Sol (Sun Island) |
Hostal terrace, luxurious views |
Isla del Sol, 4060m |
Deep blue waters of Titicaca Lake |
View from our hostal room |
Isla de la Luna and Cordillera Real |
Sunset in Cordillera Real - Ancohuma summit, 6427m |
Titicaca Lake after sunset | Incredibly clean Milky Way |
Sunrise over Andes |
Sunrise over Andes |
Trip to Uros, floating islands near Puno |
Uros from satellite (Google Earth) |
Uros |
Peruanian girl |
Taquile island, Tititaca Lake |
Peruvian desert, Chachani volcano behind the truck |
Stratovolcano El Misti, 5822 m |
Endless road in Peruvian desert |
In Patapampa Pass, alt. 4888m |
Condor in Canyon Colca |
Condor in Canyon Colca |
Condor in Canyon Colca |
Cruz del Condor, Canyon Colca |
Cruz del Condor, Canyon Colca |
Lots of condors in the sky (9?) | Hummingbird |
Canyon Colca, the deepest canyon in the world |
Incredibly shaped stone, high above Canyon Colca |
Night Arequipa |
Arequipa with Chachani volcano in the backround |
Arequipa city center, Plaza de Armas and Cathedral |
Arequipa, town under volcanos - Chachani (left) and El Misti (right) |
Sunset on Chachani slopes |
Sunset light playing on the slopes of El Misti, 5822 m |
Night in Arequipa |
Night in Arequipa |
At the Nazca Airport before flight over Nazca lines |
Nazca Lines - Whale |
Nazca Lines - Panamerican Highway |
Nazca Lines - Astronaut |
Nazca Lines - Monkey |
Nazca Lines - Condor |
Nazca Lines - Spider |
Nazca Lines - Hummingbird |
Nazca Lines - Tree and ??? |
Desert near Huacachina |
Trip from Huacachina |
Huacachina oasis |
Huacachina oasis |
Trip to Paracas - Ballestas Islands |
El Candelabro |
Pinguins, Ballestas Islands |
Ballestas Islands |
Ballestas Islands |
Ballestas Islands |
Lots of birds, Ballestas Islands |
Lots of birds, Ballestas Islands |
Maternity beach, Ballestas Islands |
Pacific ocean coast, Chincha |
Pacific ocean coast, Chincha |
Pacific ocean coast, Chincha |
Late afternoon on Panamerican Highway |
Lima |
Lima |
Jorge Chaves intl. airport, Lima |
Leaving Lima |
Sunrise over Atlantic ocean |
Entering Portugal coast |
Alps with Mont Blanc in the middle |
Entering clouds over Austria |