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Pictures of Peru:
An Extraordinary Place

If you are interested in pictures of Peru, you have come to the right place…

A grand bonus of immersing yourself in another country for Walkabout Language LearningTM is seeing new places, having new experiences, and meeting new people. This page is devoted to pictures of Peru, taken in the fall of 2007, grouped roughly into those taken around the Cusco area, the Sacred Valley, mystical Moray, magical Machu Picchu, San Pedro and Lake Titicaca, and Colca Canyon, including stops in Arequipa and Chivay. Most of these photos are additional to those we shared on our blog about our Peruvian experience. We have included links to those blog entries so you can see the additional photos and read specifics about each place. Meanwhile, a few words about each locale…

Cusco area

The Temple of the Compañia

This is el templo "LA COMPAÑIA" este templo en la colonia pertenecia ala orden jesuita los jesuitas la abitaron en el año de 1572 y posteriormente esto jesuitas fueron despojados de sus pertenencias y por consiguiente expulsados del peru . a mediados de siglo VXIII . este templo esta construido sobre cimientos incas

Capital of Inca Civilization

Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca civilization, is located high in the Andes (11,000 feet, or 3,400 meters). The gateway to the lost city of Machu Picchu, Cusco is bursting with its own history, both from the ancient Inca and pre-Inca civilizations and the later Spanish colonial period. Our pictures of Peru show the Catholic cathedral, built on the foundation of the Inca temple.




In addition, we captured whimsical interactions of people and traffic – numerous parades, processions, and strikers marching in the busy streets. Miraculously, the madcap polka of taxis, cars, bikes, pedestrians, and trucks somehow eased to allow these interlopers space, making for a colorful and sometimes dizzying montage of tradition and technology, humans and heartfelt issues, all against a backdrop of enormous murals that tell the stories of history, extol sports, and reach out for modern day cartoon characters, including Fred Flintstone and friends.

Celebrations

Welcome Cusco Style

This musician and his troupe met us at the Cusco airport

 Cusco Parade

Traditional Inca figure participating in Tourist Day parade on Plaza de Armas, Cusco


Costumed Parade Couple

Traditional Inca figures who participated in Tourist Day parade on Plaza de Armas, Cusco

Costumed Parade Dancer

Parade figure representing old folks in the Cusco region (representa a los ancianos de la region del cusco machumachu - viejoviejo)


Parade Dancer Poses with bystander

This Cusco parade participant took time out to hug a bystander

Parade Dancers

Traditional Inca figures participating in Tourist Day parade on Plaza de Armas, Cusco


Celebrating Tourist day, Peru

When Spaniards didn't find gold, they turned to another kind of "gold" -- liquor tapped from jungle plants. This traditional figure represents a mule driver for the cargo brought back from the jungle.

Peruvian dancer - Danze Qolla

Peruvian dancer (danza qolla) on train to Machu Picchu




Murals

Mural – Cusco, Peru

Mural on Avenida Sol, Cusco.



Mural - History of Peru

This mural on Avenida Sol depicts the history of Cusco from Inca times through Spanish colonization



Pictures of Peru: Oropesa

Discus sized bread baking in the village of Oropesa, PeruThese pictures of Peru also include an excursion to the nearby sleepy village of Oropesa, home of popular discus-size bread loaves, where we witnessed – and sampled – the bread-making process and admired the temple there, the reconstruction of which our host “father” supervised. For other Peru photographs, plus stories about our day-to-day life in Cusco, click on:


We had several brushes with illness during our stay. Click on:

Oropeza, Peru temple (templo de Oropeza), with Carlos Ramos, who managed the restoration


For insight into our experiences learning Spanish, check out:

Part of our practical application of Spanish came through a special relationship with Peruvian students trying to learn English. Check them out at:


And finally, take a look at how we applied Walkabout Language Learning™ methods to one of many daily challenges we faced at UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship: Staying Connected.


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