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Some Photographs from Peru

by Ernie on 24/03/08 at 3:07 pm

Lynn and I recently visited Peru. We stayed with her sister’s in-laws in Lima and Ariquipa. Lynn and I also visited the Sacred Valley, including the famous desolate ruins at Pisac and the more welcoming ones at Machu Pichu. After I returned to the United States, Lynn stayed on to fly over the famous Nazca Lines.

Yes, I stayed in the window just above the giant E. It’s like some scene out of Sesame Street, I know.

Ernie and Lynn on the roof in Ariquipa.

Lynn and her sister Jennifer on the same roof.

Misti, one of three active volcanoes just outside our window . . . .

Here I am at a the Inca ruin at Punamarca.

Lynn at the ruins at Sacsayhuaman.

Here I am working my way up to the altar of sacrifice at Pisac, one of the most difficult ruins to scale, therefore devoid of tourists . . . aside from us, that is. Our guide’s lungs were fully equipped for the thin air at that altitude, but ours were not. Note the step-agriculture in the background.

Lynn above Machu Picchu, the Inca Summer Palace discovered only in the 20th century, therefore not ripped apart by the Conquistadors.

Here I am in the marketplace at Aguas Calientes, unknowingly shadowed (upper left hand corner) by a very large snake . . .

Aguas Calientes is basically built on a waterfall. And it was raining. Just walking down the street felt like taking a cold shower in a seedy gym locker room. I’m told that bathing in the hot springs up the mountain on the left side of the photograph is liking splashing around in a lukewarm toilet bowl.

Lynn with a puma image on a cast iron light pole in the Plaza de Armas in Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital.

Here, I pose with the best (creepiest) mannequin I’ve ever encountered, in front of a men’s clothing store in Cuzco: he has a gold tooth!

Here I am skulking menacingly through the catacombs beneath the Museo de la Inquisición (Museum of the Inquisition). Rather dank down there . . . but at least I didn’t have to spend a decade chained to the wall with water dripping on my forehead.

Lynn and I recently began playing chess with (against) each other. We have a lovely brass and glass chess set with pieces depicting Greek gods and Hoplites, all based on known Greek statuary. The board is rather small, and, whenever Lynn loses, she claims it’s because the board is too small, and that I must invest in a larger chess set. This may be what she had in mind, but it was too big to bring back to the US.

Ernie

Ernest Hilbert is founder of E-Verse Radio.

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