Peruvian Photo Dump

Friends! What did you do on Valentine´s Day? The Mister and I got up at 430 and trundled onto a bus with heaps of other slightly smelly and hopeful travelers to watch the sun rise over Machu Picchu. We followed around a few tour groups, usurping their information and learned all about sun dials and mountain eneregy and Incan Baths. I´m afraid I got quite sunburnt and we didn´t get back to our hostel in Cusco till 730. So we´ve decided to reschedule our personal Valentine´s Day for today, when we´re not quite so exhausted and peeling. Here are but a few of the millions of photos we´ve been taking.

A close up of the doors in a 15th century mission we visited. Apparently, the second child of every family was expected to become a nun or a monk, and the daughters of the richest families went to this mission, where they had servants and generally partied like rock stars.



The walls of the mission were painted blue and red and yellow.

One of the gorgeous old churches in Cusco.

The terrace atop our favorite hostel in Arequipa. We nibbled on rolls and freshly squeezed juice here every morning. I plan on hanging here for a week or so once The Mister heads home mid-March.

Before the sandboarding.

Awesome wee tuktuks that are too small for us with our giant backpacks.

I´ll have heaps more (and better) photos once we find an internet cafe with fast enough internet to do any real uploading!