Entries from 'peru'
Day 262
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/800 s
- Focal Length: 200mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Today I was planning on going fishing in one of the traditional caballitos boats but after our tour yesterday ran more than an hour late I didn’t get back in time to book it in. So this morning I went out to set myself a photojournalism type goal and photograph the fishermen returning with their…
Day 261
- Aperture: f/3.5
- ISO: 640
- Shutter Speed: 1/15 s
- Focal Length: 18mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
El Brujo. This is an ancient monument of the Moche culture and also a temple believed to be used for human sacrifices. This temple is similar to the “sun and moon” Temple we visited on Day 258, in that it has 6 or 7 different layers from different time periods. This one has also been cut away…
Day 260
- Aperture: f/4
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/800 s
- Focal Length: 28mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Huanchaco, Peru. This is a caballitos, the traditional fishing vessels here in Peru. Today I was feeling under the weather and we had to organise some flights so we had a bit of a chilled day. We also decided not to visit any ruins today so we don’t ruin ourselves out too quickly. Tomorrow we are visiting…
Day 259
- Aperture: f/4.5
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/500 s
- Focal Length: 50mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Chan Chan. This is huge Chimu city ruin which spans over 14km on the outskirts of Trujillo but only one of the huge administration buildings has been excavated and partially open to the public, and this much has taken the archaeologists about 50 years. The ruins are amazing, however unlike the ruins yesterday, sections of…
Day 258
- Aperture: f/5
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/160 s
- Focal Length: 16mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
This is “Huaca de la Luna y Sol” ruins (the temple of the moon and sun) about 10km outside of Trujillo. Here there are two massive mud brick pyramids and an accompanying museum. One of the mud brick pyramids had been renovated 5 times by the pre-ican’s and each new renovation was built over the…
Day 256
- Aperture: f/6.3
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/640 s
- Focal Length: 11mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Cumbe Mayo. This is an archaeological area about an hour outside of Cajamarca and isn’t very well known despite being crowned the 3rd or 4th wonder of Peru. The Cumbe Mayo area consists of caves, an awesome “stone forest” which has been formed by eroded volcanic rock, home to a pre Incan aqueduct over 3000 years…
Day 255
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/60 s
- Focal Length: 40mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Today we had to do our best to dodge an onslaught of water bombs, super soakers, drive by’s and buckets of water at the Carnaval de Cajamarca. We decided to just chill in town today. After watching the weekly military ceremony in the morning it wasn’t long until we noticed a lot of kids carrying buckets…
Day 254
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/500 s
- Focal Length: 11mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Ventanillas de Otuzco (Windows of Otuzco). This is one of the many ancient necropolis that are scattered throughout this area. These holes carved into the volcanic stone were used to house the remains of hundreds of the dead in Ancient Cajamarca. The trip out here was definitely worth it and they reminded me of Cappadocia in…
Day 253
- Aperture: f/2.8
- ISO: 2500
- Shutter Speed: 1/40 s
- Focal Length: 11mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Mmmm, delicious Guinea pig (Cuy Frito). This is a delicacy in Peru, Ecuador and Columbia too. Its a little pricey compared to other dishes as expected and I don’t think I would order it again for that fact, but it wasn’t too bad. It smelled and tasted a tiny but like fish which was odd, but…
Day 252
- Aperture: f/5
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/800 s
- Focal Length: 18mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
More ancient Peruvian mud brick pyramids! These pyramids are a bit further outside of Chiclayo than the ones we visited yesterday, and there are only 3 of them, however this site was much better than the huge popular complex of pyramids for several reasons. 1. These pyramids contain excavated sites which have been left open…