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Cusco, Peru |
My home in Peru - Villa Union Huancaro D2-3 |
At the dinner table - Angela, me, my host dad, Aviva, and my host mom |
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My Peruvian sisters, Lisbeth and Angela |
My American sister and brother, Sarah and Matt |
Marissa and I |
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Sarah and I |
Angela, me, and Lisbeth |
My bedroom |
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My bedroom |
Me in my room |
View from my bedroom window |
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3rd floor terrace |
Me on the terrace |
Laundry room |
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3rd floor |
Bathroom |
Dining room |
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Kitchen |
Living room |
Academia Latinoamericana de Español |
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Academia Latinoamericana de Español |
"Barbed wire" cacti |
"Barbed wire" cacti |
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Me on the hike up to Saqsayhuaman |
Saqsayhuaman Ruins |
Can you spot the llama in the stones at Saqsayhuaman? |
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Saqsayhuaman Ruins |
Saqsayhuaman Ruins |
Saqsayhuaman Ruins |
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Trying to move the rock |
Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman |
Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman |
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Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman |
Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman |
Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman |
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Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman |
Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman |
Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman |
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Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman |
Group shot at Saqsayhuaman |
Incan games - stone slide |
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Indigenous lady |
Llama |
Drew and Angie with indigenous women and llamas |
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On the way to Ollantaytambo with the snow-capped Andes in the distance |
Saluders |
Me |
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On the way to Ollantaytambo - Sacred Valley and Andes Mountains |
On the way to Ollantaytambo - Sacred Valley and Andes Mountains |
Uh oh I'm about to fall off the cliff! |
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Llamas on the way to Ollantaytambo |
Posing llamas on the way to Ollantaytambo |
Me with the posing llamas |
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Ollantaytambo Ruins |
Ollantaytambo Ruins |
Ollantaytambo Ruins |
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View from halfway up the stairs |
Ollantaytambo Ruins |
Me at Ollantaytambo |
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Stream at Ollantaytambo |
Llama at Seminario ceramic shop |
Parrots at Seminario |
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Me and Ariel by the fountain |
Incan fountain |
Incan bath |
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Cute alpaca posing for me |
Me feeding an alpaca |
Kitty being attacked by a herd of llamas or alpacas or vicuñas or something |
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Pisac Market |
Pisac Market from up high |
Sacred Valley and Pisac from up high |
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Almost at the top of the mountain |
Where the Incas stored their food .. why in the world they would choose to make that ridiculous hike to eat, I will never understand |
Beautiful view at the top |
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Incan ruins |
Pisac and the crazy mountain we climbed |
Close-up of the mountain with Incan terraces |
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Urubamba River |
Me and Emily at the top |
Entrance to the Hospital de Seguro Social |
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Entrance to the Hospital de Seguro Social |
Lobby of the Hospital de Seguro Social |
X-ray reading room |
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X-ray machine |
X-ray machine |
X-ray machine |
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Ultrasound machine |
CT scanner |
CT scanner |
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Computer with CT scan of a man's chest with bronchiectasis |
Computer with CT scan of a man's chest with bronchiectasis |
Closeup of bronchiectasis - probably from pneumonia or tuberculosis |
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Garcilaso de la Vega's house - now the site of the Museo Historico Regional |
Incan mummy in the fetal position |
Incan pottery |
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Llama statues |
That's supposed to be Cusco in the shape of a puma with Saqsayhauman as the head |
Parade on Avenida el Sol |
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Crazy little boys at the parade that apparently like the attention of a camera |
Parade in the Plaza de Armas |
Parade in the Plaza .. the fiesta never ends |
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Inti Raymi festival of the sun in the Plaza de Armas |
Hiking up to Saqsayhuaman from the Plaza to see Inti Raymi |
I have never seen so many people in one place in my life - Saqsayhuaman before Inti Raymi |
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I have never seen so many people in one place in my life - Saqsayhuaman before Inti Raymi |
Me at Saqsayhuaman |
Thousands of people sitting on the hillside to see the Inti Raymi ceremony at Saqsayhuaman |
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Inti Raymi at Saqsayhuaman |
Inti Raymi at Saqsayhuaman |
Aguas Calientes - a cute town at the base of the mountain leading up to Machu Picchu |
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Me in Aguas Calientes |
Beautiful scenery in Aguas Calientes |
Aguas Calientes |
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River in Aguas Calientes |
More scenery from Aguas Calientes |
.. and more |
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.. almost there |
.. last one |
Emily and I at the bottom of the ladder at Putucusi |
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Jess and Judy |
Climbing Putucusi from Aguas Calientes |
Climbing Putucusi |
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Machu Picchu |
Sun rising over the Andes from Machu Picchu |
Machu Picchu |
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Machu Picchu |
Me at Machu Picchu |
Trying to get the classic postcard shot with the llamas and Machu Picchu in the background |
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Jess, Shane, and Kat at Machu Picchu |
Judy and I at Machu Picchu |
Katie at Machu Picchu |
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Cool rock formation at Machu Picchu - the two rocks in the foreground are a pretty good representation of the mountains in the distance |
Machu Picchu - Me, Emily, Kitty, Shane, Jess, Judy |
Group shot at Machu Picchu - Saluders plus Katie |
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Machu Picchu from the Inca Bridge trail |
Machu Picchu from the Inca Bridge trail |
Andes mountains |
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Inca Bridge |
Massive rock formation above the Inca Bridge |
PeruRail train car - too bad the engine broke down a couple miles out and we had to be towed all the way home |
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Mike and Carrie asleep on the train home |
My 21st birthday cake - my host family was so sweet to wake me up with this |
Cutting the cake |
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Trying to learn how to salsa at my birthday party |
Trying to learn how to salsa at my birthday party |
Matt's birthday the next day |
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Cutting the cake |
Qorikancha - includes temples to the sun, moon, stars, rainbow, and lightning - across the street from school |
Inside the Qorikancha |
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Outside the Qorikancha |
La Catedral |
La Compañía de Jesús |
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Lady selling fruit at the Mercado Central |
Mercado Central - Emily, Ariel, and I |
Llama fetuses for sale at the Mercado Central |
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Los Perros Wine Bar - Kat, Shane, Emily, Ariel |
Me, Katie, Carrie |
Playing Scrabble in Spanish at Los Perros |
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Saying goodbye |