In October 1999 we did a tour of Peru
We landed in Lima proceeding southwards towards Arequipa, then over to Cusco, side trip to the Amazon at Puerto Maldonado, then south to Puno
Jorge aka George our fearless leader
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The Group
Local in the village of Chivay
Oh how kids like to play in the mud. At Chivay
The Colca Canyon. 3270M deep, making one of the deepest in the world and twice as deep as the Grand Canyon
One of the Nazcan lines artworks
Starting the 3 day trek to Machu Picchu
A small residence on route
Almost there
Made it
Everyone has to do a shot like this.
Machu Picchu in foreground, Huanyna Picchu is the large point in the rear
We go by train south from Cusco
Views alone the way
We reach the lake. Highest navigable lake in the world
These are man made island, masses of reeds bound together and floating on the water of Lake Titicaca
Above is one of their signature boats
You can see the straw or reed like material making up the "ground"
Canon Camera bodies 1n, Elan.
Lens: Canon 70/200 f2.8L, 17/35 f2.8L, 50mm Macro, 15mm fisheye, 24mm TSE L
Tamron 28/200 (on Elan)
total shots taken 1780 slides, 880 prints
Scanned to digital on a Nikon LS2000 film scanner
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