Volcanoes and Andrean Condors in Colca Canyon

We passed the highest point in our travel, at 4900m elevation, on the Colca Canyon trip, saw many alpacas, vicunas, and a few Andean condors, the largest flying bird in the world.

TravelBelinda ShiOctober 14, 2019Peru, children, sunset, cityscape, landscape, canyon, South AmericaComment

What To See In Arequipa

We took our 9th flight of our South America trip yesterday and landed in Arequipa, the second largest city of Peru. I somewhat fell in love with it more than Cusco and Machu Picchu.

TravelBelinda ShiOctober 9, 2019Peru, children, sunset, cityscape, landscape, panorama, South America, landscape photographyComment

Indigenous Dance In Sacred Valley

We spent one day in Sacred Valley today, and ran into a crowd of indigenous dance in Pisac. We spent our last evening in Cusco, with the mission to enjoy another authentic Peruvian meal.

TravelBelinda ShiOctober 7, 2019Peru, children, people, South America, valley

Rain Clouds In Machu Picchu

I left all my landscape photography gear back in Cusco due to the weather. And people are only allowed to bring limited luggage onto the Perurail to Machu Picchu. It’s my least productive photo day, but we got a family photo.

TravelBelinda ShiOctober 6, 2019Peru, children, clouds, mountain, animal, South AmericaComment

Unique Landscape at Maras and Moray

We took our first group trip to Maras salt flats and Moray archaeological site, both within a couple of hours drive from Cusco. We learned some agricultural and archeological wisdom from the Incas.

TravelBelinda ShiOctober 5, 2019Peru, children, clouds, mountain, South AmericaComment

Inca Walk at Saqsaywaman

We were picked up by our private guide at Cusco two nights ago, and had one free day to acclimatize to the altitude yesterday. Our official tour starts at Saqsaywaman today, where we saw the amazing stone structures Incas built.

TravelBelinda ShiOctober 3, 2019Peru, children, church, religious site, South AmericaComment

15 minutes of fame in Cusco Peru

Find out why we changed route, and wasted 4 plane tickets from Lima to Cusco, and instead, went from Lima to Chile and back to Lima. No regrets! Orion became popular on our first day in Cusco.

TravelBelinda ShiOctober 3, 2019Peru, children, people, church, South AmericaComment

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