Arequipa and Colca Canyon
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35 viewsDesert, badland, glacier.
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36 viewsA road winding above the badlands.
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34 viewsNo trip in Peru is complete without terrible dubbed movie marathons. This was one of the better ones.
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36 viewsBarren volcanic wasteland and towering snow-capped peaks.
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34 viewsThe town of Chivay is at one end of the touristed section of Colca Canyon. Interestingly the deepest parts are not set up for tourism.
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33 viewsThis is about as close as you get to a line here.
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35 viewsWhen the bus is really full you can sit on the dash!
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35 viewsA bull fighting ring in Cabanacolpe marks the beginning of our trail to Llahuar.
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35 viewsSmall fields of various crops.
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33 viewsSurveying our path. It's a long way down.
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31 viewsTy staring directly at the sun.
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34 viewsThere was no way to capture the scale of this place. Incredible.
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32 viewsGuia. our guide for the seven hour hike. We paid him in bits of muffin, water, and cookies.
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27 viewsThe trail ran through the entire desert palatte.
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33 viewsCrossing the river responsible for all this magnificence.
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28 viewsTy continues on the trail. Guia is partially obscured by the bush.
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27 viewsThis will mess you up.
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29 viewsStrange leaves.
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31 viewsAn abandoned (seemingly) mud hut.
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35 viewsWe thought this was a scarecrow until we got up close.
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