Post by JoJo on Sept 7, 2006 20:53:09 GMT -5
Since at the very least Doc is interested:
I, for one, would not be bored with pictures from your journey to Peru. Especially if you have panoramas of the country and mountainside images, and pics of the town and it's streets.
I always liked geography...
So why not?
The year was 1985, and as I mentioned in the other thread, AeroPeru had an "all you can fly" deal, anywhere they go in South America, which included Peru, Bolivia (which I visited) and Brazil. (ditto) Peru and Bolivia were very similar, with Peru at the time winning the prize for economic stability. I still have some 5 million peso notes from Bolivia, with its exchange rate at the time equaling five $US. Brazil was fun, but it was more like being in the US in a way, because for the price, you could get anything you like, and the lifestyle was very similar to here, at least for the middle class. (of course a different story for the "favela" dwellers)
So..the boring slide show..
This is looking out from the courtyard of where we stayed in Cuzco, it was a convent that would rent rooms out to tourists (aka gringos) for the price of one dollar per night, payable in US currency. An awesome deal in any time, and quite secure as the nuns would lock the iron gate at night. (but you had a curfew, be late, and they would not let you in, hehe) The down side was that they ran a day school, and the kids would assemble EARLY in the morning and sing the same song... (which I remember to this day)
No hay Dios grande como tu...no lo hay....no lo hay
(there is no God greater than you...no greater...no greater...)
This is Maccu Piccu:
A view of the road that criss crosses its way up to the top, for the shuttle, not intended for people walking:
I'm jumping all over, but the slides got all jumbled up ages ago. I believe I took this from the plane, some random part of the Andes:
A sundial at MP:
Random MP, the llamas are all over:
I can only assume I climbed to the top of this huge rock. (because it was there, haha) Yes, that's me. This is at the base of Maccu Piccu.
A small farm stand in the town of Aguas Calientes, a mile or so from the base of MP. (hot waters, named for the hot springs there) selling something interesting... those bags of green leaves are yes...coca leaf. They make the dizzy feeling from altitude sickness magically disappear... (not that I would know..) ;D
The engine of the train that runs between Cuzco and Aguas Calientes, and the "Main Street" of AC itself. See what I mean about it being like the old west?
Back to Cuzco:
A couple of fellow Gringos, one was from Germany, that's about all I remember:
And last but not least... Another guy from Europe I believe, and woman from NY we hung out with a few days, and...me.. Damn, time flies..
Hope you enjoyed the tour.
doctorrobert said:
I, for one, would not be bored with pictures from your journey to Peru. Especially if you have panoramas of the country and mountainside images, and pics of the town and it's streets.
I always liked geography...
So why not?
The year was 1985, and as I mentioned in the other thread, AeroPeru had an "all you can fly" deal, anywhere they go in South America, which included Peru, Bolivia (which I visited) and Brazil. (ditto) Peru and Bolivia were very similar, with Peru at the time winning the prize for economic stability. I still have some 5 million peso notes from Bolivia, with its exchange rate at the time equaling five $US. Brazil was fun, but it was more like being in the US in a way, because for the price, you could get anything you like, and the lifestyle was very similar to here, at least for the middle class. (of course a different story for the "favela" dwellers)
So..the boring slide show..
This is looking out from the courtyard of where we stayed in Cuzco, it was a convent that would rent rooms out to tourists (aka gringos) for the price of one dollar per night, payable in US currency. An awesome deal in any time, and quite secure as the nuns would lock the iron gate at night. (but you had a curfew, be late, and they would not let you in, hehe) The down side was that they ran a day school, and the kids would assemble EARLY in the morning and sing the same song... (which I remember to this day)
No hay Dios grande como tu...no lo hay....no lo hay
(there is no God greater than you...no greater...no greater...)
This is Maccu Piccu:
A view of the road that criss crosses its way up to the top, for the shuttle, not intended for people walking:
I'm jumping all over, but the slides got all jumbled up ages ago. I believe I took this from the plane, some random part of the Andes:
A sundial at MP:
Random MP, the llamas are all over:
I can only assume I climbed to the top of this huge rock. (because it was there, haha) Yes, that's me. This is at the base of Maccu Piccu.
A small farm stand in the town of Aguas Calientes, a mile or so from the base of MP. (hot waters, named for the hot springs there) selling something interesting... those bags of green leaves are yes...coca leaf. They make the dizzy feeling from altitude sickness magically disappear... (not that I would know..) ;D
The engine of the train that runs between Cuzco and Aguas Calientes, and the "Main Street" of AC itself. See what I mean about it being like the old west?
Back to Cuzco:
A couple of fellow Gringos, one was from Germany, that's about all I remember:
And last but not least... Another guy from Europe I believe, and woman from NY we hung out with a few days, and...me.. Damn, time flies..
Hope you enjoyed the tour.