Peru January 05     Part two.     Quillabamba, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Andahuaylas, Ayacucho and the Abra de Arapacheta
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The descent into the jungle continues
   

   

   



   

   

   



   

   

   
Towards the Amazon basin


   
Hotel room door
   
Wandering through the streets of
   
Quillabamba
   

   

   

   



   

   

   
Residential area


   

   

   
Market day in quillabamba

Returning towards Cuzco
   

   
Fat finger?
   



   

   

   

   

   

   

   


A typical peruvian road block
   

   

   



   
Descent to the sacred valley
   

   


Finally, the sacred valley floor
   
Football, of course
   

   
Christmas thingy in my hotel in Cuzco


   
Cuzco from above
   
Cuzco market
   
Me, in front of a colonial church


   

   
Live sheep go by bus too
   
The sacred valley of the Incas near Pisac
   

   

   

   



   

   
Standing above cuzco
   

   

   

   
Typical Cuzco street
   
Morning light over Cuzco
   

   

   
The entrance to Machu Picchu
   
This is in the "off" season
   

   

   
Yes, i was really there
   



   

   
Landscapes in the Cuzco vally
   

   

   

   
Sunrise over Andahuaylas
   



   

   
Andahuaylas is deep down in the
   
valley below


   
Up in the high pampa once again
   

   



   

   
Need an X-ray?
   
Streets of Ayacucho


   

   

   


A pedestrian street
   

   
Some sort of procession
   
Ayacucho in the morning


   
And Ayacucho from above
   

   


The next pictures are from the Abra de Arapacheta another very high pass (4500 M +) that is on the road from Ayacucho to Pisco.
The weather was (for once) gorgeous and the views incredible, and obviously these pics don't do the views justice. But at least i tried.

Leaving Ayacucho behind
   

   

   


Yes, fat finger - but notice the colours
   
of the mountains
   

   



   

   

   



   

   

   



   

   

   



   

   

   



   

   

   


Probably the top of the pass
   

   

   



   

   
And the descent to the coast begins
   
4500 M down in a few hours!


   

   

   



   

   

   



   



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