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Photostory PERU
"SANTA CRUZ TREK 2006"

Lima - Cuzco - Sacred Valley - Machu Picchu - Nazca - Huaraz - Punta Union / September 2006

Following the Inca trails - Pisac, Sacred Valley
Peru, September 2006

Megalomaniacal and eternal walls of the Inca temples,
shaped with copper hand tools and astonishing accuracy

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Colours of the traditional Peruvian costume

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Never completed Incan metropolis Machu Picchu

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"The Lost City of the Incas"
- the holy city and the residence of Incan nobility, 2,340 m a.s.l.
One of the "New Seven Wonders of the World"

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Religion forbade looking directly at their highest diety - the Sun God (Inti),
one could only observe him in the reflection...

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Vendor of coca rolls and energy treats

Coca seller - wholesale merchant

Remains of pre-Incan culture in the underworld of Chavin

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Best company

A meal on the job

Omnipresent tradition of handweaving
which once served for storing information and was used instead of writing

Flight above pre-Incan "Nazca Lines"

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Santa Cruz Trek, Cordillera Blanca

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A morning view from the tent after a rainy day - revelation which shows promise

Ascent over the pass

Conquered Punta Union, 4750 m a.s.l.

A view on the other side

"The Most Beautiful Mountain in the World"
Alpamayo, 5947 m a.s.l.

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Descent through the Santa Cruz valley

Back in the civilization - Miraflores, Lima

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Before departure from South America