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    View of Machu Picchu from Huchuypicchu.: by alleen, Views[204]
         		 Sparkles LOVED Machu Picchu!: by alleen, Views[334]
         		 The clouds kept rolling in and out. I was on top of Huchuypicchu and had to wait half an hour for someone else to come up and take this picture. you get what you get.: by alleen, Views[282]
         		 No where else to go. . . tip top of Huchuypicchu!: by alleen, Views[362]
         		 Cristal Beer - not a bad drop. ´Cerveza´ is spanish for beer and just so happened to be one of the first words I learnt!: by jason_kidd, Views[448]
     
    This is Plaza De Armas in Arequipa. It´s one of the prettiest square´s we have seen in Peru. Everyone comes to hang out and have an ice-cream, relax and read the newspaper.: by jason_kidd, Views[360]
         		 Military parade through the Plaza de Armas on Sunday morning in Arequipa. Nearly every division of the army was represented and marched through in full dress uniform with weaponary while singing the Peruvian national anthem.: by jason_kidd, Views[598]
         		 This is inside Monasterio Santa Catalina. This Monastery takes up an entire block and was built in 1580 by a wealthy widow who chose her nuns from the richest Spanish families. She also had local nuns that lived there but she did not approve of their lifestyles. After three centuries of sisters living with very lenient rules a nun from the Dominican Rupublic arrived to enforce strict new guidelines. It was a very mysterious place that the public was forbidden to enter until it was forced to open in 1970. It is a beautiful place filled with narrow twisting streets, tiny fruit filled plazas and hidden staricases. It´s a place distinctly based on Spanish culture and arcitecture. : by jason_kidd, Views[437]
         		 One of the many streets inside Monastery of Santa Catalina.: by jason_kidd, Views[355]
         		 This is Jason standing next to the catacombs in San Jose.: by jason_kidd, Views[384]
     
    More skulls in San Jose. : by jason_kidd, Views[316]
         		 Remains of a Catholic Monastery in the village of San Javier built by the spanish in the 16th C. Hidden in the catacombs in the rear was ´secret tunnel´ which stretched 25km to a Catholic Convent in a near by town. The priests and nuns would meet clandestinely for sexual relationships. Unwanted pregancies were aborted in the middle of the tunnel.: by jason_kidd, Views[583]
         		 Chelsea and our guide, Carlos inspecting the catacombs of the Monastery of San Javier. We could still clearly see human remains and skeletons in these open tombs.: by jason_kidd, Views[451]
         		 The Catholic Convent in the village of San Jose. When the local towns people discovered in 1941 what dirty deeds had been going on among the clergy for 100´s of years, they ransacked and burnt the churhes and then killed all of the clergy.: by jason_kidd, Views[629]
         		 This is one of the many mummies located at the Cemetery of Chauchilla. They were burried by the Nazca culture between 200-500AD. Some of the skulls had a small hole cut out of the side. The ¨trepanned¨ skull helped reduce intense headaches and pains. This was a medical technique used by ancient cultures whereby a slice of the skull is removed, relieving pressure on the brain resulting from injuries. : by jason_kidd, Views[429]
     
    The Cemetery of Chauchilla was found in the 1970´s when someone discovered that grave robbers had destroyed the burial site. It was then the government tried to reconstruct the remains and preserve the mummies and goods that were left behind. : by jason_kidd, Views[408]
         		 This is a picture of us at the Cantello aqueducts. The aqueducts were built by the Nazca people for continual water supply for drinking and irrigating crops. We are descending into a ventana (window)which was used to inspect the water and an access point when they needed to be cleaned.: by jason_kidd, Views[1011]
         		 A local Peruvian farmer who was in the process harvesting his cotton crop by hand. He was also irrigating out of the aquaducts which are still in operation after 1500 years!: by jason_kidd, Views[704]
         		 Us at the centre of the ´Sun´. Over 91 ´Nazcan lines´ emanate out from this one central point. Some are over 10km long and a perfectly straight line even over crests and undulating ground.: by jason_kidd, Views[420]
         		 This is an area within the Rerserva Nacional De Paracas where animals go to die. They have been using this beach as a final resting place for thousands of years. We found bones of sea lions, dolphins and pelicans. During our visit we saw a pelican dying. Next to this beach there is also several shipwrecks that lay untouched. : by jason_kidd, Views[418]
     
    This is Jason standing next to an old fishing boat in the Rerserva Nacional De Paracas.: by jason_kidd, Views[333]
         		 This is the airport in Nazca. We are getting ready to board a small plane to circle the mysterious Nazca lines. These lines have made Nazca very poular and has helped with promoting tourism in this region. : by jason_kidd, Views[376]
         		 This is the astronaut or some think it´s a priest with an owl´s head. It is one of the many figures made by the Nazca culture. Nazca lines spread across 500 sq km of desert and form a network of over 800 lines, 300 geometric figures and researchers of the area believe there are over 70 animal and plant drawings.: by jason_kidd, Views[543]
         		 This is the one of the Nazca lines ¨The Bird¨: by jason_kidd, Views[342]
         		 Agus Caliente hot springs. This felt good after 3 days of hiking.: by alleen, Views[286]
     
    Inside my taxi. How awesome. Jesus is love. I am on the trail of truth. I loved it!: by alleen, Views[243]
         		 I finally got to ride in a 3 wheel taxi! You see these all over and I´ve commented on them and loved them the entire time.: by alleen, Views[722]
         		 My last lunch from Mario. He cooked this and served it in Puppy´s Bar. Asparagus souo (already eaten and gone), garlic bread, tortilla with cheese, onion, some other grains and veggies, rice, and diced vegetables.: by alleen, Views[285]
         		 Me and Freddy toasting a good three days of hiking. This was in Puppy´s Bar in Ollantaytambo.: by alleen, Views[1789]
         		 It started to rain before we could get to Ollantaytambo, but not too bad. This is just on the outskirts of town finishing our trek.: by alleen, Views[291]
     
    One of the villages on the way to Ollantaytambo.: by alleen, Views[275]
         		 Trekking from Ipsayqocha to Ollantaytambo Day 3.: by alleen, Views[253]
         		 SAying goodbye to my entourage after breakfast Day 3. Left to right: the head horseman´s son--he is too young to really work, but came along to help out, one porter, me, the head horseman or porter, and Mario, my chef.: by alleen, Views[279]
         		 In Lima at our hotel and everywhere else, napkins were the size of one sheet of one ply toliet paper. This was my napkin on the trail. Talk about indulging in small luxuries! Look at the size of this napkin!: by alleen, Views[244]
         		 inside the toliet tent: by alleen, Views[344]
     
    Toliet tent at our second camp site. : by alleen, Views[243]
         		 Morning wake up call on the trail. Hot tea in your tent and then hot water and soap to wash up before ever leaving the comforts of home.: by alleen, Views[261]
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         		 Freddy in our dining tent at tea time Day 2. yummy wontons fried with cheese in the middle. . . oh my they were delicious!: by alleen, Views[286]
     
    End of the trail. Our last village on the official trek. I loved this picture with the kids. And John A, check out the soccer field in the background.: by alleen, Views[304]
         		 It rained every day at least on part of the day on us. This was during one of the harder parts when i had on rain pants, poncho, the works. But it didn´t deter the village children from greeting us. What a view with the lake, the llamas, and the village boy.: by alleen, Views[260]
         		 After lunch, it was more uphill to our highest pass. . . approximately 4500 meters. What a view! It was a good climax to the second day of our hike. We went all the way to the end of the trail after this.: by alleen, Views[1482]
         		 Oh yeah, that chicken washed in the lagoon was yummy for lunch! Along with mashed potatoes and maccaroni.: by alleen, Views[269]
         		 For those of you worried about me brushing my teeth in the sink in Trujillo and eating sno cones on the sidewalk. . check this out! Yes, that is one of the porters cleaning my chicken in the lagoon before it is cooked. Oh, I ate it. And Allen, I am still not sick! : by alleen, Views[285]
     
    Relaxing before lunch Day 2 it got cold at 4200 meters!!: by alleen, Views[281]
         		 Lunch day 2 was by this beautiful lagoon. It was at 4200 meters and hike up there!! I had just arrived (hence the short sleeves from working so hard to get there). It was straight up the last 100 meters.: by alleen, Views[244]
         		 Day 2 -- more village children. . . they would come out to greet you and I´d give marbles to the boys and stickers to the girls. Such precious children.: by alleen, Views[277]
         		 This little boy ran like a blur down all those stairs!: by kiwiaoraki, Views[536]
         		 I bought marbles at the Calca market for the boys and stickers for the girls. This little boy came running up to me for his treat. He was on his way to the potato field to work--with his minature shovel on his back. But oh so happy!!: by alleen, Views[256]
     
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