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Tricked out with a regimen of malaria medication, I arrived in the Andean country with a small contingent NYUers to gawk at ruins and butcher the Spanish language.
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February 6th 2006 - Mother dear: fabulous
These photos are wonderful...are those wild piggys?
The burro is very cute and so is the guy with the vista of clouds and green land behind him. Perhaps that is Zack Attack.
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Life is Good!
Only feet away from the airport, someone was already trying to sell us something. Life is less good for over half the country, which lives under the poverty line.
The capital
Lima's capital building prepares for a demonstration from a group of union members and pensioners, both of whom are unhappy about Peruvian economic arrangements, which has been on a path of steady lib... [more]
Tour guide
This was the first of three guides who herded us around, dropped interesting historical annecdotes, and put up with our sophomoric antics. Becoming a tour guide is increasingly a popular career path i... [more]
Elite
Lima has its share of centuries old mansions for Creole nobility. This guy lived in one one we visited, along with his hermetically sealed religious sculptures.
Local religious art
Rather than importing gigantic devotional paintings from Europe, colonial "settlers" set up workshops to teach converts to work in a European style. The result, here, depicts Jesus firing his high pow... [more]
Monk skulls
These disembodied heads are spending eternity with thousands of peers in the catecombs beneath a monestary near Lima.
Old yeller
Dogs, like this poor guy, are everywhere. Though there are numerous public posters offering free anti-rabies shots, I didn't see any free spay and neuter services similarly advertized.
Peru rail
The rail system in Peru seems to be used for tourism much more so than cargo transportation. It is, after all, the best way to get up to city. It means, however, that most trains have only one car, ma... [more]
Weed whackers
Small inlets in the stones around Machu Pichu conceal a variety of gardening implements for keeping the ancient lawns pristine.
Camelid
This is likely an Alpaca, but it is certainly of the family camelidae, which includes the likes of camels, llamas, vicunas, and other shaggy spitting things. The Camelid pictured lived with several of... [more]
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February 6th 2006 - Mother dear: fabulous
These photos are wonderful...are those wild piggys?
The burro is very cute and so is the guy with the vista of clouds and green land behind him. Perhaps that is Zack Attack.
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