Peru and The Amazon River

This old Andean couple in their one room clay house recently got electric service to power their one lightbulb. Lares Trek, A...
Ceramic mugs hang on tree branch. Lares Trek, Andes Mountains, Peru
This old Andean couple in their one room clay house recently got electric service to power their one lightbulb. Lares Trek, A...
This residence was high in the mountains, about 3500 meters above sea level with not much else around, yet it has an address,...
Kechwa farmer returning from the fields, Lares Trek, Andes Mountains, Peru
Farmer returning from the fields, Lares Trek, Andes Mountains, Peru
Home in the Andes, Lares Trek, Andes Mountains, Peru
Lares Trek, Andes Mountains, Peru
A Kechwa guide tends his llamas
Home in the Andes, Lares Trek, Andes Mountains, Peru
Planting crops in the mountains the old fashioned way, one seed at a time, Lares Trek, Andes Mountains, Peru
Kechwa school children
Kechwa school children
Fish and meat market, Calca, Peru
Sacks of giant sprouted corn kernels
A market in the town of Calca, Peru
Young Kechwa girl, Pisac, Peru
Homes throughout Cuzco and the Sacred Valley have animal and plant ornaments and holy water on the roofs as holy offerings fo...
Temple carved into the mountains abouve Ollantaytambo, Peru
Steaming pot for dyeing alpaca yarn, Village of Qeshwarani, Peru
Close-up of a Kechwa woman spinning alpaca fleece into yarn, Village of Qeshwarani, Peru
Hand spun and dyed alpaca yarn, Village of Qeshwarani, Peru
Kechwa women standing with alpaca yarn in the village of Qeshwarani, Peru
Kechwa women standing with alpaca yarn in the village of Qeshwarani, Peru
Balls of spun and dyed alpaca yard ready for knitting, Village of Qeshwarani, Peru
A market in the town of Calca, Peru
Young Kechwa girl, Pisac, Peru
The Incas built massive and elaborate structures from stone precisely pieced together without the use of mortar.
Contrast of modern valley floor farmland and ancient Incan farming platforms that sit several hundred meters atop the mountai...
Farming platforms were sculpted into the sides of mountains to provide inhabitants with well suited growing conditions for cr...
Young man tending his alpaca, Village of Qeshwarani, Peru
Crying child, Village of Qeshwarani, Peru
All natural elements such as insects, plants and berries are used to dye alpaca yarn, Village of Qeshwarani, Peru
Close-up of a Kechwa woman spinning alpaca fleece into yarn, Village of Qeshwarani, Peru
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Typewriter shop
Line drying
Three cups of herbal cocoa leaf tea with honey
Blue door, Cuzco, Peru