Our Time in Peru

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Perus flagPublished: July 12th 2005South America » Peru
July 12th 2005

Highlights of our time in Peru were:

1. Exploring Cuzco
2. The train ride to Aqua Calientes, and visit to Machu Picchu
3. Puno and Lake Titicaca
4. Meeting up with our kids in Tacna, where we experienced a terremoto (earthquake)!

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Don HOLBERT
We live in Eastern North Carolina, and took a 4-week trip to South America in June 2005. This is us with Machu Picchu in the background... full info
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This little girl holding her pet lamb posed for a picture in front of a restaurant in Cuzco
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School kids' street parade in Aqua Calientes
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Parade again
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Our Agua Calientes hostel ("Gringo Bill's") in the background
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Us with Machu Picchu in background
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Machu Picchu
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Machu Picchu
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Machu Picchu's resident llamas
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The family with whom we shared a tour guide
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Our tour guide
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Agricultural terraces
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Monument (in Agua calientes) of an Inca leader
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Sunday street market in Puno
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Puno street market
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Puno street market (reeds for sale!)
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Puno street market
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Reed boats, Puno waterfront (Lake Titicaca)
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The enginebox in the boat we took to the Uros Islands
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A high $$ resort, popular with Japanese tourists, on an island in Lake Titicaca.





Comments
Date: 4th August 2005

wow
those are beautiful pictures, very enlightening, thank you

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Date: 9th September 2005

WOW
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