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| Rick and Mary Blake | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Peru | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Arriving by ship in Lima ... |
 ... flying out of the port city ... |
 ... and arriving in Cuzco |
 Arrival in Cuzco |
 Welcoming at the airport |
 View of Cuzco (11,000 ft) |
 A fur farm |
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 Needing a haircut! |
 Weaving the fur |
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 Natural coloring material |
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 Selling the results |
 Area around the Sacred Valley |
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 Sacred Valley and Urubamba River |
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 Incan terraces on hillside |
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 A village market |
 Mary's new hat modeled by its maker |
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 Our guide |
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 Above the Sacred Valley |
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 Incan gardening test site |
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 Salt mine |
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 We're high in the Andes! |
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 Lunch time |
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 Guide, driver, and local kids |
 Our hotel in Ollantaytambo |
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 Incan ruins |
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 Ollantaytambo, in Sacred Valley |
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 Ruins above Ollantaytambo |
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 Back in Ollantaytambo |
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 At the Ollantaytambo train station |
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 Selling local wares |
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 We bought this! |
 By train to Machu Picchu |
 Along the Urubamba River |
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 Arriving in Aguas Calientes, near Machu Picchu |
 On the bus up to Machu Picchu |
 Entrance to Machu Picchu |
 The famous view |
 A panoramic view |
 Wandering and photographing |
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 A proposal for reconstruction |
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 Agricultural terraces |
 The river below |
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 The requisite picture |
 A truly incredible place |
 Winding road down to town |
 Local kid |
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 In Aguas Calientes below Machu Picchu |
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 No cars; only buses to Machu Picchu |
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 Last Supper with corn |
 Great food! |
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 Take their picture... |
 ...and they love to see it! |
 Not our train! |
 Beautiful narrow-gauge Alco |
 Selling to the passengers |
 Onboard cultural show |
 Arriving in Cuzco at dusk |
 Our hotel in Cuzco |
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 Coca tea for altitude sickness |
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 Out to explore Cuzco |
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 Old Incan wall |
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 Beautiful architecture |
 Catholic church |
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 Clothes vendor... |
 ...and Mary's new hat |
 Incan ruin site outside Cuzco |
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 With our guide |
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 Flying back to Lima |
 Our hotel in Lima |
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 Scenes around Lima |
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 Police vehicle |
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 The cathedral |
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 In the catacombs |
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 Wooden ceiling detail |
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 A local museum |
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 Arriving at the Lima airport... |
 ...for our flight home. |
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