picchu picture frame

Salkantay sacrifice

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July 21st 2006
Shake, shake, left, fake pour out. Shake shake right, fake pour out, with quechua calls in betwixt. And it went on for some time. For Pachamama, mother earth, Gaya, our protector, our friend, our goe, our past, our present our future. She was the great diety which looms over this Andean land. The spirit that resides in the mountains, the huts, the potatoes, the springs, the rocks, and most im ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Salkantay Trail

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more