Peru: Lima

Plaza de Armes and Monasterio San Francisco






Miraflores




Ceremonial Park Pucllana

Peru: Sillustani

Peru: in Puno region

Peru: Puno, the town

Peru: Chucuito - Temple of Fertility

One of the most expensive and the tiniest fake museums I have ever seen....

Peru: Chucuito

Peru: Hotel by lake Titicaca

and the check out time at this hotel is 9am! Yup. Yup. Yup.

Peru: On the Road To Puno

Peru: Flying to Juliaca

Peru: on the train back to Cusco

On the train from Machu Picchu, I sat next to a wonderful family from Lima... With their limited knowledge of English, and my even more limited Spanish, we still manage to laugh together :)

Peru: Machu Picchu

A proof that I was there ;)




A place, amazingly filled with flora and fauna...

Peru: Cusco, Corpus Christi Ceremony

A very crowded national relligious celebration of Corpus Christi happened at the very day when I arrived to Cusco. The crowds were chanting "Santa Maria, madre de Dios, ruega senora por nosotros los pecadores, ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte Amen. Dios te salve Maria llena eres de gracias, El Senor es contigo, bendita tu eres entre todas las mujeres y bendito sea el fruto de tu vientre Jesus Amen" making stops only for singing hymns...

Peru: Cusco

Cusco - the city famous for its cathedral, soroche (altitude sickness) and trains to Machu Picchu...


On its street one can always buy roasted cuy, or a guinea pig, which is a staple of Peruvian cuisine...


Traditionally, teeth and toenails of guinea pigs are left intact...


It is so traditional that in Cusco cathedral there is a painting of the Last Supper, whose centerpiece is the roasted cuy.... The drink is chicha, or fermented corn drink, which is made by letting dry the masticated (pre-chewed) corn balls.