Peru lake titicaca

02/10/2017

02/10/2017

Luquina chico (peninsula de chucuito)

02/10/2017

Amazing scenery !!!

28/08/2017

My dear and beautiful friend heather Myers.

28/08/2017

Awesome places to enjoy a good walk in one day.

28/08/2017

28/08/2017

In the Uros islands, with tourists and some works that were installed in the island purimita, school and other islands with solar furnaces and septic baths.

06/11/2016

THE CONTROVERSIAL COCA LEAF

No book concerning Andean plants could fail to mention the coca bush (erythroxylon coca)and leaf.Coca has been part of Andean life for millennia and is woven into the very fabric of peruvian society.When chewed,it acts as a stimulannt to help suppress hunger,thirst and fatigue,and fortifies the body against the effects of altitude.In Incan times it was so prized that only the nobility were allowed to use it,but after the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors it was introducced widely throughout Perú and has played an important part in life ever since.Men chew it whilst tilling fields and women use it to ease the pain of childbirth.It is easily purchased at any highland market and often an infusion known as mate de coca is offered to guests on arrival at high plateau hotels,to alleviate symptoms of altitude sickness.The leaves contain 14 alkaloids,one of which is the narcotic co***ne.Some of the nonpsychoactive chemicals are still used for the flavouring of the popular beverage coca-cola but the narcotic co***ne was removed from the drink in 1903 due to public outery.The co***ne trade is a nasty one - not only because of the drug abuse and gang violence,but also from the wide deforestation of peruvian cloud forests,especially in the huallaga river valley.The leaf in its original form,however,is perfectly legal and universally used in the Peruvian Andes.Many tourists try it when hiking the Inca trail.

06/11/2016

06/11/2016

08/10/2016

The huanaco is commenting about the plan for the next tour.
My dear friends Ariel & amanda,see you someday (jaquisiñcama)

29/09/2016

A place to spend a magical experience at the side of lake titicaca...

26/09/2016

25/09/2016

03/09/2016

Festival Taquile island last week of july to the first week og august,an unforgettable experience.