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October 1st 2012
I took the day off today to do some laundry, change some money, shop for some beautiful knitware in Puno, and finally upload some photos.
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I'm a professional tree hugger, but I write about all sorts of environmental topics in my monthly column "Earth Matters," published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. I'm leaving for Peru tomorrow and will start posting....... full info
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penguins on an island off south coast of perupenguins on an island off south coast of peru
penguins on an island off south coast of peru
jugs at a pisco sour factoryjugs at a pisco sour factory
jugs at a pisco sour factory
everybody loves a pisco sour, invented here in the town of pisco. pisco is made from distilled wine and the sours are mixed with lime juice and egg white.
Carmen en la playaCarmen en la playa
Carmen en la playa
we spent the night at a remote resort on the south coast, before heading up, up,up to arequipa
betsy en la playabetsy en la playa
betsy en la playa
same resort, same beach
amazing beaches on the south coastamazing beaches on the south coast
amazing beaches on the south coast
wide expanses of desolate beaches and huge sand dunes...the surfing would be great here!
ruins on the beachruins on the beach
ruins on the beach
pre incan ruins near the resort on the beach
arequipa with andes in backgroundarequipa with andes in background
arequipa with andes in background
arequipa is inland at about 7,500 feet. reminds me of Granada, Spain.
old church in arequipaold church in arequipa
old church in arequipa
note the jaguar head
inside an old convent in arequipainside an old convent in arequipa
inside an old convent in arequipa
carmen and betsy with andes in backcarmen and betsy with andes in back
carmen and betsy with andes in back
outside of arequipa
wild vicunaswild vicunas
wild vicunas
in a preserve on the way to puno
woman with alpaca babywoman with alpaca baby
woman with alpaca baby
on the road to puno
where i bought a wool throwwhere i bought a wool throw
where i bought a wool throw
what a beautiful day this was on the road to puno...all the knitware is made by hand and it´s all made of alpaca
lake titicacalake titicaca
lake titicaca
port at puno on lake titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world.
church square in punochurch square in puno
church square in puno
we´ll be leaving tomorrow for cuzco






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