Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 159 - birdnest-like moss

Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 159 - birdnest-like moss

Called Salvajina in Spanish, this moss is collected around Christmastime as a "snowy" white base for Nativity scenes

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Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 142 - cactus flower

Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 142 - cactus flower

I loved the balance of the delicate, welcoming flower with the spiky thorns of the cactus plant. In...

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Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 160 - birdnest-like moss

Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 160 - birdnest-like moss

Called Salvajina in Spanish, this moss is collected around Christmastime as a "snowy" white base for Nativity scenes

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Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 157 - mountaintop Incan ruins

Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 157 - mountaintop Incan ruins

Common throughout the region, these ruins of an Incan dwelling right at the top of the hill and high...

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Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 153 - steep-sided Urubama valley

Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 153 - steep-sided Urubama valley

The Urubamba valley was a gorgeous place to spend a weekend. Hiking up the steep hillside afforded...

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Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 149 - rich, patchwork fields

Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 149 - rich, patchwork fields

The Sacred Valley is rich with agriculture, creating a lovely patchwork of fields. I believe much of...

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Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 147 - orchid

Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 147 - orchid

In Spanish they apparently call this a Gato (cat) Orchid and in Quechua this is called Michi

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Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 146 - hillside wheat field

Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 146 - hillside wheat field

It is amazing how random fields are dotted high, high up on the steep mountainsides of the Sacred...

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Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 145 - hillside wheat field

Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 145 - hillside wheat field

It is amazing how random fields are dotted high, high up on the steep mountainsides of the Sacred...

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Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 143 - cactus flower

Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 143 - cactus flower

I loved the balance of the delicate, welcoming flower with the spiky thorns of the cactus plant. In...

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Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 140 - cool adobe wall

Peru - Cusco Sacred Valley & Incan Ruins 140 - cool adobe wall

Thinking a little more of design, the Ecoyoga retreat centre has built a cool undulating wall with...

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Peru - Cusco 076b - peppers ready to cook

Peru - Cusco 076b - peppers ready to cook

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Peru - Cusco 096 - traditional Andean dance fiesta

Peru - Cusco 096 - traditional Andean dance fiesta

Waiting for their turn to dance. Catching a large fiesta of traditional dance in the Plaza de...

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Peru - Cusco 095 - traditional Andean dance fiesta

Peru - Cusco 095 - traditional Andean dance fiesta

Catching a large fiesta of traditional dance in the Plaza de Armas. Each group wore widely varied and...

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Peru - Cusco 094 - traditional Andean dance fiesta

Peru - Cusco 094 - traditional Andean dance fiesta

Waiting for their turn to dance. Catching a large fiesta of traditional dance in the Plaza de...

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Peru - Cusco 092 - traditional Andean dance fiesta

Peru - Cusco 092 - traditional Andean dance fiesta

Catching a large fiesta of traditional dance in the Plaza de Armas. Each group wore widely varied and...

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Peru - Cusco 091 - traditional Andean dance fiesta

Peru - Cusco 091 - traditional Andean dance fiesta

Waiting for their turn to dance. Catching a large fiesta of traditional dance in the Plaza de...

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Peru - Cusco 090 - traditional Andean dance fiesta

Peru - Cusco 090 - traditional Andean dance fiesta

Waiting for their turn to dance. Catching a large fiesta of traditional dance in the Plaza de...

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