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         		 Village life. Grain drying on the ever present village soccer court. Kid to the left was soon swatted with a big stick for running through some grain. Ha ha! : by bagen, Views[424]
         		 Heya kid!: by bagen, Views[395]
         		 Trail workers on the way back to town. Trekking between villages on a thoroughly NON-gringo trail is such a treat!: by bagen, Views[391]
         		 Which way up! Reflection hour-glass.: by bagen, Views[378]
     
    Bear and Eric take it all in.: by bagen, Views[379]
         		 So pretty.: by bagen, Views[346]
         		 The morning reveals a gloriously still lake - but no sign of the sun.: by bagen, Views[399]
         		 Frozen water from the sky! Not the soft fluffy type either.: by bagen, Views[451]
         		 Laguna Perahuay.: by bagen, Views[372]
     
    Hail approacheth!: by bagen, Views[345]
         		 Ben waits patiently amongst it all for a collectivo (mini-van with as many people and bags as is humanly possible crammed into it) to Huari.: by bagen, Views[469]
         		 Lunchtime in the Chavin plaza.: by bagen, Views[356]
         		 Estela Raimondi. Don`t worry - I got the t-shirt so you can get a better look at the engravings :-): by bagen, Views[675]
         		 Cool obelisk (sp??) with cool engravings.: by bagen, Views[518]
     
    The chavin stone head.: by bagen, Views[753]
         		 Time (and earthquakes and landslides) takes its toll.: by bagen, Views[428]
         		 by bagen, Views[388]
         		 Stairways, halls, enclosures, sculptures. They had everything. Including really short people! Heads donked several times.: by bagen, Views[411]
         		 Peekaboo! More ventilation and light channels/shafts.: by bagen, Views[391]
     
    Incredibly well crafted and unbelieveably well preserved. Have I mentioned 800 B.C?: by bagen, Views[352]
         		 Lahzon stone. Hugely ceremonial ... but we turned down the offer of the published thesis (10 soles) that would have explained more.: by bagen, Views[422]
         		 Underground now. An amazing labrynth of tunnels and enclosures.: by bagen, Views[331]
         		 Its a hole. Ventilation and/or light source for the underground sections. They even used mirror-like stones underground to further channel the light. Clever or what?: by bagen, Views[372]
         		 Nice to have the place almost entirely to ourselves.: by bagen, Views[373]
     
    And this is only the exterior! Haven`t even started on the underground section yet.: by bagen, Views[414]
         		 Ben gets a close look at the engravings. Tattoo research.: by bagen, Views[399]
         		 Puerta de Blanca y Negra. Impressive columns, lintel and engravings. Kinda hard to capture.: by bagen, Views[400]
         		 The size and precision of the stone blocks makes it hard to believe they were created around 800bc! Thats pre-power tools people!: by bagen, Views[410]
         		 The ruins of Chavin. The Chavin people pre-date the Incas by almost 2000 years! : by bagen, Views[736]
     
    Suns sinking below the mountain peaks and we`re still trekking! Where did we pack the torch?: by bagen, Views[427]
         		 See that near vertical mountain side? See how its all patch worked? Yep! Its been cultivated! How do they even GET there, never mind planting and harvesting?!!: by bagen, Views[407]
         		 Piglet town! Run piggys Run! Its getting late and we`re thinking dinner thoughts!: by bagen, Views[442]
         		 Trekking by the Peruvians in their every day life. What a contrast!: by bagen, Views[385]
         		 Ange makes Ben take yet another photo of yet another bridge! Cool one but huh?: by bagen, Views[373]
     
    Day 2 - still trekking.: by bagen, Views[368]
         		 Local residents: by bagen, Views[418]
         		 Yep. Its a doll. Another victim of the mountain pass.: by bagen, Views[391]
         		 And now the descent.: by bagen, Views[308]
         		 Moss and rocks on the trail.: by bagen, Views[361]
     
    Just WHO is that chinese lady Ben`s been seeing? Mountain pass self portrait.: by bagen, Views[424]
         		 Laguna on the mountain pass.: by bagen, Views[398]
         		 Too sheer for snow.: by bagen, Views[377]
         		 Carlos our saviour!: by bagen, Views[388]
         		 Still following the freaky orange river.: by bagen, Views[343]
     
    A snowy covered mountain peak (all about 5000m) every way you look.: by bagen, Views[400]
     
         		 Breakfast companions. Carlos was too worried about his bed-head to get in the photo.: by bagen, Views[366]
         		 The Frozen Boots!: by bagen, Views[1196]
         		 Look closely. That be ice on the black pack! Morning of day 2.: by bagen, Views[318]
     
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