Peru

Peru Photos

Lima, Paracas, Nazca, Atiquipa, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Cusco, Sacred Valley, Puno

The car Tetris packed with all our belongings.

The “Before” shot of our new shoes.

Clown car to the Bay Area.

Pre airport prom pic

Plaza de Armas. Guess why this pic makes me giggle.

Parque de la Muralla, Lima

Fish treats in Miraflores

Reserva Nacional de Paracas, desert meets ocean

Islas de Ballestas, covered in a thick, expensive layer of guano in the distance

Reserva Nacional De Paracas from the ocean.

Boarding the boat to Islas Ballestas in Paracas

A bridge to nowhere on Islas Ballestas.

Doing some clean up after sandboarding.

A rare non “selfie” thanks to some of our buggie mates.

Feeling a little apprehensive about our buggy ride on the dunes by Huacachina.

The tiny town of Huacachina from a neighboring dune

Just before sandboarding in Huacachina.

We briefly discussed hiking in these dunes until we saw how insane these buggy drivers were.

Kristy gives the thumbs up as she finishes her headfirst ride down a dune in Huacachina. (I promise you she was moving even though it doesn’t look like it).

Plaza de San Martin

Pilot Marea.

View from Larcomar, a mall in Miraflores.

The Hummingbird, one of the most famous geoglyphs at the Nazca lines. Photo doesn’t make it look like much but it’s something like 500 meters long

Chauchilla Cemetery just outside of Nazca

One of the incredible mummies of the ancient Nazca people.

About to take off for our Nazca lines flight, pre-nausea.

Incredible mummies of the ancient Nazca people at the Chauchilla Cemetery. So well preserved, hair and all.

Kristy, in a mosquito net of emotion.

Kristy looks photoshopped into this one…the beach next to the farm.

Clearing the field to make way for new crops. Tilling with a view.

Being a beloved farm dog is hard work.

What most afternoons look like at Jihuay.

Kristy looking after the seedlings in the greenhouse at Fundo Jihuay near Santa Rosa de Atiquipa, Peru

I had to protect this one from getting put in Kristy’s purse…Volunteering on the farm at Fundo Jihuay near Santa Rosa de Atiquipa, Peru

View from our room overlooking the farm.

Never a bad sunset in Jihuay.

View from the cliffs near the farm.

Monasterio de Santa Catalina in Arequipa, Peru

View of the city from the second floor of the Monasterio de Santa Catalina.

Surprisingly, neither of us burst into flames at the monastery.

Sunset from the cathedral doors.

This was one of the taller doors at Monasterio de Santa Catalina. Apparently Peruvian nuns are miniature.

Monasterio de Santa Catalina

Celebrating belated Christmas with gluttony at Zig Zag restaurant.

About to set off from Cabanaconde on a 2 day canyon journey.

About to hike into the canyon (following a short hour diversion when we missed the trailhead)

Our oasis prison cell, I mean bungalow.

KM marker 18

Hiking reward in Sanguelle oasis.

Waiting in the Plaza in Cabanaconde for our bus back to Arequipa which is predictably on Peruvian time.

Malata, the last canyon town before the descent down to the oasis.

View of the Sanguelle oasis where we end day 1 of hiking. If you look carefully behind it you can see the treacherous path we have to take back up the next day.

At Saqsaywaman ruins.

This is Kristy’s “Inca Warrior” pose, Kristy, at Saqsaywaman.

Cool fog over Puka Pukara, Inca ruins just outside of Cusco.

Chincera ruins

Amazing sky at Moray.

If there is something to climb, Kristy climbs it…like at the Inca ruins at Moray.

You know, just your run of the mill sheep traffic jam.

Salinas salt flats

The Salinas salt flats

The Salinas salt flats.

Hostel kittens.

A good ol’ fashioned Spanish bullfight as the finale of a festival where Andean villages close to Ollantaytambo gather to celebrate epiphany. Very interesting mix of Indian tradition and Catholicism/Spanish influence.