Navel of the World

Note : This is part 2 of a multipart series about Peru. All photos are protected by copyright. We could probably easily do a few posts just about Cusco. For some odd reason I had always imagined it as some small town in the mountains. Boy was I wrong! (Make sure to click on this pic, it’s much better full sized.) It is a city that quickly goes from fairly modern to ancient Incan just by turning the corner. Getting around Cusco...

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Two Winter Solstices in 2010

Note : This is part 1 of a multipart series about Peru.  All photos are protected by copyright. In the past several years, I have tried to make at least one big trip a year.  Last year it was the Philippines, a country that wove itself into the fabric of my heart in an incredibly deep way (see my last post What Defines Us?).  So after the new year, as I gladly gave the finger to 2009, a year that was one of the most painful of my life...

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