Peru: The Inca Trail & the Amazon 2003

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Peru: The Inca Trail & the Amazon 2003

Here are just a few (of the 100s of images I took) on our May 2003 trip to Peru and the Amazon. The main purpose of our trip was to attend the spectacular Inti Raymi & Corpus Christi Festivals & to hike parts of the Inca Trail and explore Machu Pichu. We did all this - and more - like rafting down the Urubamba River, hiking to the top of Huayna Pichu, listening to the best music of the Andes in Aguas Calientes , eating "cui" (guinea pig), alpaca, and chewed plenty of coca leaves with the locals (to prevent altitude sickness of course). We visited schools, were guests in Peruvian homes, and stayed at 3 different lodges on the banks of the great Amazon River where we hiked through the rainforest, John fished (and caught!) Piranha, we were lucky enough to see the rare Pink Dolphins of the Amazon, we went birding, - those (besides of course Inti Raymi) were the highlights. It was one of our best adventures.

Date(s): May 2003. Album by Jana Shober. Photos by Jana E. Shober. 1 - 52 of 52 Total. 7308 Visits.

1 Lima - arrived there and did a quick tour of the colonial remains - and got out.	2 Lima	3 Finally in Cusco - Festival of Corpus Cristi	4
5 Cusco - archeological museum - exquisite!	6	7	8 Saqsayhuaman Valley(pronounced "sexywoman")
9 At Inti Raymi Festival- main reason we visited Peru	10	11 A shamaan read our coca leaves in this, most beautiful place.	12 At Pisac ruins
13 At Pisac market	14	15 Rafting down the Urubamba River in the Sacred Valley	16
17 Visiting schools is always great fun- they sang for us	18 We distributed school supplies in the village of Wilok	19	20 See the guinea pigs in her kitchen? Some are pets - some are food. One of the food ones was prepared for our dinner.
21	22	23 We hiked around Ollantaytambo	24
25 See the tall peak behind me? That's Huayna Pichu- the trail to the top is definitely not for those who suffer from claustrophobia or have a fear of heights.	26	27 Made it to the top of Huayna Pichu! See the zig-zag road behin and below me? That is the road Up to Machu Pichu (which we took by bus) - also not for the faint of heart- especially when it's muddy.	28
29	30 The weavers village of Chinchero	31	32
33 At Tambomachay ruins	34 Then on to Iquitos - our gateway town for the Amazon	35 We spent several days in lodges along the mighty Amazon River	36 Here is one of the lodges - the wildlife around the lodge was very tame - birds flew in regularly
37 We stopped at a Yagua Village where a few of the elders showed off their skills with poison (harvested from the Dendrobates frogs) arrows/darts.	38 Back at our lodge, we met a few of the "resident" creatures. Though they were not fenced in and could roam completely freely - they were tame.	39 Another frequent visitor to the rainforest lodge	40 I always wanted to see these growing in the wild Amazon - I got my wish!
41 Wild ginger growing in the Amazon Rainforest	42 John went fishing and quickly caught 2 of the 3 species of Pirranha that inhabit the Amazon River	43 We had cook prepare them and enjoyed them for dinner	44 We went out at night, with flashlights, looking for nocturnal insects and spiders (here we found Tarantulas climbing down from the canopy to hunt at night)- all this in the rainforest around the lodge
45 Many of the insects were slow moving - look what landed on me!	46	47 Here we walked (on the world's highest & longest) canopy walkway - high in the treetops of the Amazonian rainforest	48 We also were lucky enough to see the iridescent Morphos butterflies-(not this one)
49 Word got out that I was interested in seeing animals of all kinds and soon people were pointing out & bringing me all sorts of creatures from the forest.	50 Here the Explorama groundsman brought a snake he caught in the forest.	51 Here the kids brought me their pet agouti.	52 And here another tarantula - right in front of out lodge.

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Loved reading about your adventures in particular Peru and Amazon. Photos are amazing. We did Guatemala and Honduras too with Caravan. It was fabulous. Could you please recommend the tour Company used by you on your trip to Peru? This would be really helpful as there are so many out there. Thanks in advance for your help.
- Diane Nisbet, Tue, 24 Mar 2009 2:15PM

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