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Dining

FluffyOversize Corn

A great feast

Empenada

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Lima

Architecturaltour

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Surf matchingundulations ofLovers Park.

Earthquakedamageedcathedral wascovered with“chicken”buzzards

Trolley museumdisplay

Lima

Miraflores’sLovers Park

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Altiplano

Ranch lands

Sillustani

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Sillustani

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Isla Taquile

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A political rally

Isla Taquile

The village as atthe top of theisland. Every-thing is hauledin and out.

Our guidegave Cocaleaves to thelocal official.

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Islas Flotanes

Uros People

The Urospeople live onislands madeout of reeds

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Juliaca

Puno

Lake Titicaca

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A Germancouple takinga break afterclimbiung intothe pass,14,305 feet

Altiplano

bus trip

Climbing thestairs at thereconstructedWari site

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Puca Pucara Qenco

Sacsayhuamán

When liftingheavy objects,bend your knees

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Nazca ceramics

Museo de laNacion, Lima

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Boil potatoes Split open potato add soft cheese slather in mud

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Graphics

Peru Rail

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Peru Rail

Urubamba Valley

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Plants

Wildpeppercherry

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Gringo Markets

These guyswere tough atthe bargainingtable. They gottheir price.

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Our guides wereunable to provideaconvincing expla-nation for this up-side down plane.

Faces

Sacred Valley

Cusco Lima

Models fee isnonnegotiable.1 sole is approxi-mately 33 cents

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Cusco Uros Islands

Taquile Island Juliaca

Critters

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Critters

Camelids

alpaca

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Not on the first date!

guanaco

vicuña

llama

Neighborhoods

Juliaca Cusco

Puno Pisac

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Ollantaytambo

Ollantaytambo

Altiplano

Notes

Januarydots: timeto cultivate

February Marchchicks? April

Many plants;growth

MayChurch; cel-ebrate Motherof the Cross

JuneSunrise; sol-stice

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Septembercultivateagain

Decemberbirds

NovemberFlags on house;changeauthorities

AugustFish

OctoberTourists; opengringo market

All majorcredit cardsaccepted.

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