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Sheperdess and her flock, Peru

fabian foo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:45:30 +0000

A local lady tends to her flock through the valleys of the Cordillera Negra in Central Peru.

Posted in people, peru Tagged: ancash, cordillera negra, flock, peru, sheep, sheperdess

Cordillera Negra, Peru

fabian foo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:27:12 +0000

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.

Posted in landscape, peru Tagged: ancash, black range, cordillera negra, landscape, mountains, peru

Chilly morning, Puno

fabian foo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:16:00 +0000

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

Posted in people, peru Tagged: elderly, lady, old, peru, portrait, puno, street, woman

Burial towers of Sillustani, Peru

fabian foo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:01:01 +0000

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

Posted in history, peru Tagged: archaeology, burial, peru, ruins, sillustani, tower

High-altitude camping, Peru

fabian foo — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:06:07 +0000

Altitude sickness. Biting winds.

At least the views were nice.

Posted in landscape, peru Tagged: andes, camping, cordillera blanca, mountains, peaks, peru, snow

Elderly Peruvian lady

fabian foo — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:42:02 +0000

She was waiting for the bus by the side of the road. Unfortunately, Peru being heavily reliant on overseas tourism as it is, many people often ask for money in exchange for a photo. Sometimes I agree, often I don’t.

Posted in americas, people, peru Tagged: elderly, lady, old, people, peru, portrait, woman

Ollantaytambo, Peru

fabian foo — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:26:51 +0000

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.

The terraces were used for agriculture.

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

Posted in architecture, history, landscape, peru Tagged: architecture, inca, masonry, ollantaytambo, peru, ruins, stone, terraces, walls

A pair of Peruvian boys

fabian foo — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:09:07 +0000

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

Posted in people, peru Tagged: andes, boys, children, peru, portrait

Sacsayhuaman, Peru

fabian foo — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:59:45 +0000

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.

Posted in architecture, history, peru Tagged: andes, cuzco, inca, masonry, peru, ruins, sacsayhuaman, stone, walls

Street hawkers, Cuzco

fabian foo — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:43:43 +0000

Posted in people, peru Tagged: cuzco, hawker, peru, portrait, street