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Peru is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Peru is a magical destination, abundant with ancient ruins dating back to the Incas.
Peru is the third largest country in South America, after Brazil and Argentina.
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Callao,Perú
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Huanchaco (Trujillo), Peru. The Caballitos de totora are reed watercraft used by fishermen in Peru for the past 3000 years, archaeologically evidenced from pottery shards. Named for the way they are ridden, straddled ('little reed horses' in English), fishermen use them to transport their nets and collect fish in their inner cavity / Huanchaco (Trujillo), Peru. O Caballitos de totora são embarcações de cana utilizadas pelos pescadores no Peru durante os últimos 3000 anos, arqueologicamente comprovada a partir de fragmentos de cerâmica. Nomeado para a forma como eles são montados, cavalinhos de cana em Inglês, os pescadores usam para transportar as suas redes e recolher peixes.
Manhole cover seen on a sidewalk in Lima. (Color enhanced)
Photo taken for Our Daily Challenge: Bumpy
My tour is over. I am just killing time until my flight back to the US leaves at midnight. It's been a wonderfult trip. I took about 1700 photos. I will be posting more in the coming weeks. Haven't had much time for commenting. Will resume when I get home.
Trujillo, Peru. It is the centre of the third most populous city of the country and the second most populous metropolitan area of Peru. This was a site of the great prehistoric Moche and Chimu cultures before the Inca conquest and subsequent expansion / Trujillo, Peru. É o centro da terceira cidade mais populosa do país e a segunda área metropolitana mais populosa do Peru. Este foi um local das grandes culturas pré-históricas Moche e de Chimu, antes da conquista Inca e sua subsequente expansão.
Driving from Arequipa to Chivay (Peru), going over a 4910 m pass to reach the beautiful Colca valley. This picture was taken just before reaching the pass, which is called Mirador de los Andes.
Moche portrait vessels are ceramic vessels featuring highly individualized and naturalistic representations of human faces that are unique to the Moche culture of Peru.
he Moche culture thrived from 100—800 AD on the north coast of Peru. Their lands sat between the Pacific Ocean and the Andean cordillera. They were a stratified, agrarian society that also heavily relied on fishing
While most Moche portrait vessels feature heads, some portray full human figures. They are meant to hold liquids. Almost all of the portraits of are adult men.
James Borrell is a UK based conservation biologist with a passion for expeditions and adventure having been involved in projects on four continents.
In the summer of 2011, James co-ordinated the scientific research of a British Exploring Society expedition to the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon. This set is a collection of images from five weeks spent living and working deep in the rainforest, an unforgettable experience.
For more information, writing and images, please visit www.jamesborrell.co.uk
Miraflores history is probably as old as the history of the occupation of the Peruvian coast. For thousands of years people have lived in the beautiful area today known as Miraflores. The first settlers were fishermen, hunter and gatherers. Later ancient cultures occupied the land overlooking the Pacific Ocean. A still visible reminder of these times is the Huaca Pucllana (Adobe Pyramid). Shortly after the foundation of Lima by Francisco Pizarro in 1535 the Spanish colonist began to populate the area today known as Miraflores. www.limaeasy.com/lima-info/districts-of-lima/the-district...
Puedes conocer más sobre Perú entrando a mi álbum Peruvian Marvels
Peru is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Peru is a magical destination, abundant with ancient ruins dating back to the Incas.
Peru is the third largest country in South America, after Brazil and Argentina.
Machu Picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at its height; its giant walls, terraces and ramps seem as if they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments. The natural setting, on the eastern slopes of the Andes, encompasses the upper Amazon basin with its rich diversity of flora and fauna.
Huanchaco (Trujillo), Peru. The Caballitos de totora are reed watercraft used by fishermen in Peru for the past 3000 years, archaeologically evidenced from pottery shards. Named for the way they are ridden, straddled ('little reed horses' in English), fishermen use them to transport their nets and collect fish in their inner cavity / Huanchaco (Trujillo), Peru. O Caballitos de totora são embarcações de cana utilizadas pelos pescadores no Peru durante os últimos 3000 anos, arqueologicamente comprovada a partir de fragmentos de cerâmica. Nomeado para a forma como eles são montados, cavalinhos de cana em Inglês, os pescadores usam para transportar as suas redes e recolher peixes.
The largest Pre-Columbian city in South America, Chan Chan is an archaeological site in the Peruvian region of Trujillo. Chan Chan was the capital of the historical Chimú culture.
Cumbemayo or Cumbe Mayo is an archaeological site located 20 kilometers southwest of the city of Cajamarca in Peru at 3,500 meters of elevation. Built around 1500 B.C.E, it comprises aqueducts, a grotto and petroglyphs; all within an area of rock formations.
11,000 feet above the sea in the Peruvian Highlands, a 3,500-year-old aqueduct cut out of volcanic rock snakes down hills and valleys toward the city of Cajamarca.
Built by an advanced pre-Inca society around 1500 B.C.E, the Cumbe Mayo, which translates to thin river, is thought to be one of the oldest man-made structures in South America. It carefully follows the grade of the land, draining water from the hills’ melting snow, to the arid cities in the valleys below. As water was a scarcity, it was worshipped by the Cajamarca people thousands of years ago, and every drop was carefully collected.
Besides the aqueduct, which is cut from the volcanic rock around it, a number of petroglyphs on the structures and in surrounding caves provide some insight into the culture that built the infrastructure.
Towering above the Cumbe Mayo, are Los Frailones, the Stone Monks. Los Frailones are massive volcanic pillars, some stretching as high as 60 feet. The stone forests suddenly appear from the landscape, starkly contrasting the flat, tree-less plains around Cajamarca. Many of the pillars, carved by wind and rain have taken on new shapes, resembling hands and even animals, and allowing the mind to wander in the pristine Peruvian setting.
Although the stone forests and ancient ruins of pre-Incan society give the area a beautiful and almost spiritual dimension, it is hard to overlook Cajamarca’s tragic history, as the location where Spanish forces slaughtered the Incas, thousands of years after Cumbe Mayo was constructed.
Our friend and world traveler went back to Peru again and also visited the shoe shop we went to last spring where I had a chance to see the shoe factory. He took my book to give to the store owner Jorge and was told he was super excited to see his store sketches in the book. It's always exciting to hear stories like this!