Monthly Archives: May 2013

There were 4 more similar displays along the sides of the church. Most of the important villages in the Colca Valley have similar churches.

It dates back to 1885 and is quite elaborate inside.

These terraces line the whole valley.

This is what the Colca Vally is all about….terraced agriculture. There are 10,000 hectares of these terraces in the Colca Valley and about 7,000 of them are still actively farmed. The water supply is from the snow in the mountains … Continue reading →

This was why we got such an early start….we had to be at the condor viewpoint before 0900. It was woth it. At one point, we could count at least 17. I took a lot of pictures amd some video, … Continue reading →

Some small terraces in the background. The tour vans all stop so these ladies can make money, but they tell the tourists it is so we can see the terraces be.ow as an example of what we will see further … Continue reading →

This is the dance of love. In it the boys wear skirts to disguise themselves so the parents do not know that their girls are dancing with boys.

We headed out early and stopped at the square in one of the villages to watch some dancing. This young lady was collecting for the dancing and agreed to pose for me…for a sole. In many areas they make money … Continue reading →

Our guide told us that we were high enough that there was a spot where the water freezes…sure enough, around a couple of more corners we found icicles! The air did not seem cold, though.

These are the smallest of the camelids found in Peru. There are around three thousand of them in the national park we drove through. There were a.so lots of llamas and some alpacas. The vacunas are not ever domesticated like … Continue reading →