Anniversary in Peru
Lima, Puerto Maldanado & Cusco, Peru, Mar 31 2025 – Apr 10 2025
Fruit hanging in La Paradita Street Market in Lima
The Pier at Mercado Artesanal De Chorrillos aka Chorrillos Fish Town
View from the pier in Chorrillos Fish Town
Catch of the day at Chorrillos Fish Town
Live crabs awaiting their fate
A pelican looking for cast-offs at at Chorrillos Fish Town
Pelicans and gulls fight for the same prize at Chorrillos Fish Town
Light fixtures hanging in Aloft Miraflores
A cat claiming its perch in Kennedy Park
A cat curled up on a table in a Lima food court
Saffron finch perched in a tree
Cab abandoned in a Lima alley
Fountain detail
Feline employee at the Rainforest Expeditions office
Creeping vines in the rainforest
The dock at Tambopata Research Center
The Amazon just before sunrise
Parrots and macaws gather on a salt lick at dawn
Flycatcher perched in branches outside Tambopata
Mushrooms climbing trees in the Amazon
Amazon thorn spider in its web
A toxic Giant Leopard Moth caterpillar resting on a leaf
Small mushrooms grow on the trails outside Tambopata
A glassy pierella butterfly
A large dragonfly perched on a stem in the rainforest
Mushrooms growing on the side of a tree
Tower for seeing above the rainforest canopy at Tambopata Research Center
Stairs on one of the hiking trails at Tambopata Research Center
Madre De Dios river viewed from the trails at Tambopata
Butterflies engaging in a behavior called ”puddling” at Tambopata
One of the many lizards that make themselves home at Tambopata
A hercules beetle
A many-banded daggerwing butterfly resting in the moss
A king swallowtail
A red and green macaw perched in the trees at Tambopata
A red howler monkey hanging around outside Tambopata
A bullet ant carrying a treat
Yellow-rumped cacique
A massive toad on the trails outside Tambopata
Thrush-like wrens perched above the canopy
A lizard on the trails at Tambopata
A spider monkey hiding behind a tree at Tambopata
A spider monkey climbing the trees outside Tambopata
A waved woodpecker inside a bamboo grove
A scarlet macaw born at Tambopata Research Center, coming back for a visit
A mated pair of scarlet macaws
Mushrooms growing on a tree outside Tambopata
A scarlet macaw looking for a good spot at the claylick
A dramatic macaw
A coy spider monkey
White-fronted nun bird
A tree frog ”bar hopping” at Tambopata
A green dung beetle
A crying beetle
Capybara
CAPYBARA
Hoatzin
A burrowing owl
Scorpion highlighted with a blacklight
Scorpion highlighted with a blacklight
An orb weaver spider at work
Another angle of the orb weaver spider
A toxic wandering spider
Another burrowing owl
The main square of Cusco
A small cayman spotted on the night hike at Tambopata
A horned frog
Municipal seal of Cusco
Cusco street signs
Cusco Cathedral
Jesus inside Cusco Cathedral
The altar inside Cusco Cathedral
The courtyard inside Cusco Cathedral
Saqsaywaman archaeological site
Outside the cat café in Cusco
A resident of the cat café
Astral alpaca in Cusco
Artifacts in the Inca museum
A diorama inside the Inca Museum
Mummified remains inside the Inca Museum
My husband feeding llamas and alpacas at manos de la comunidad
A rescued condor at manos de la comunidad
Manos de la comunidad’s guard dog, Otto
Otto’s many awards
Natural materials used for dying alpaca wool
Natural materials used for dying alpaca wool
Guinea pigs at manos de la comunidad
The archaeological site at Pisac
A lookout tower at Pisac
Crypt built into the hills at Pisac
A row of crypts built into the hills at Pisac
Marasal, home of thousands salt ponds
Salt pools at Maras
Salt pools at Maras
Salt pools at Maras
Moray archaeological site
Moray archaeological site
A wooly bear caterpillar outside Moray
The hotel at Aguas Caliente
The Pablito character dancing outside the train to Aguas Caliente
The mountains surrounding the Machu Picchu archaeological site
Countryside shot from the train to Machu Picchu
Countryside shot from the train to Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu archaeological site
