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Posing

This young lady was probably only 10 and she was working the tourists with her grandmother. This was at a stop between Chivay in the Colca Canyon and Puno

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A road to a posh resort

The tracks were like a some walkway. We were in a large van that had to backup twice to get around truly hairpin corners….with drop offs! We went in to pick up members of our tour group.

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A true beast of burden

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Inside this church

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Another village, another church

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The altar

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

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This is the church in the small village where we saw the dancers

It dates back to 1885 and is quite elaborate inside.

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Another view of terraces

These terraces line the whole valley.

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The terraces

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

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The flight of the Andean condors

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

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