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Sheperdess and her flock, Peru

In the Cordillera Negra of Central Peru.

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Lady and pet

Is that a llama or an alpaca she has there with her?

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Cordillera Negra, Peru

The Black Range, so named as it usually escapes the snow that falls on the higher ranges.  But beautiful in its own way.

Central Peru.

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Chilly morning, Puno

An old lady rugged up against the cold in the town of Puno on the shores of Lake Titicaca, Peru.

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Burial towers of Sillustani, Peru

These strange structures found in southern Peru are called chullpas and belong to the nobility of a pre-Incan people.

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High-altitude camping, Peru

Altitude sickness.  Biting winds.

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At least the views were nice.

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Elderly Peruvian lady

She was waiting for the bus by the side of the road.

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Ollantaytambo, Peru

The Inca settlement of Ollantaymbo was a focal point of Inca resistance during the Spanish conquest of Peru.

The adjacent town of the same name is one of the most intact Inca towns still in existence, with houses, streets and drainage systems almost entirely unchanged from the time of the Incas, some five hundred years ago.

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The terraces were used for agriculture.

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Trademark Incan masonry with irregular shapes and very tight fits between individual stones.

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A pair of Peruvian boys

Peruvian children in the Andes all seem to suffer from sunburn and wind-chapped cheeks.

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Sacsayhuaman, Peru

The immense yet intricate masonry of the Inca sacred site Sacsayhuaman, on the outskirts of Cuzco, Peru.

The unfinished look to the tops of the walls show where the Spaniards took stone to build their own religious structures in the newly conquered Inca capital of Cuzco.

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