Entries from 'cusco'
Day 279
- Aperture: f/5
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/400 s
- Focal Length: 28mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
The protests continue in Cusco. Today we had been assured if we booked an excursion with a tour agency then we would still be able to visit Moray and the salt pans even with the protests going on. So we spent the morning watching the protests before heading to the tour agency, however once at…
Day 278
- Aperture: f/10
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/250 s
- Focal Length: 20mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Today we had planned to visit some more ruins to the South East of Cusco, however the rumours we had heard of a major protest happening today turned out to be true. The protest was city wide and had plenty of businesses closed for the day including all public transport in and out of Cusco….
Day 277
- Aperture: f/3.5
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/1000 s
- Focal Length: 11mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Today my legs were feeling a little fragile after all the walking, running and climbing over the past 3 days, so I decided to punish myself further by visiting most of the remaining ruins close to Cusco on foot. All the ruins I visited today were located behind the huge ruin complex of Saksaywaman which…
Day 273
- Aperture: f/5
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/640 s
- Focal Length: 15mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Incan ruins of Pisac. The ruins we visited today were incredible. The whole complex spans several mountainsides, includes 4 separate “temple” type ruins, a cliffside dotted with Ventanillas similar to the ones in Cajamarca which we say on Day 254 and surrounded by hundreds of massive Terraces carved into the mountainsides. The whole complex was connected via…
Day 272
- Aperture: f/6.3
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/500 s
- Focal Length: 18mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Quirikancha and the San Domingo Convent. This convent was rudely built on top of one of the most important temples of the Incan empire called Quirikancha which means “courtyard of gold”. The temple was reported to have life-sized gold statues, solid gold alters and gold wall panels. Much of this was offered to the Spaniards…
Day 271
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/200 s
- Focal Length: 32mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Saksaywaman ruins. These Incan ruins are a jumble of natural eroded rock tunnels, some bizarre wavy rock formations that form multiple ancient stone slides, alpacas, llamas, huge stone walls and ruins of buildings and temples all overlooking Cusco city below. There are so many archeological runs in and around Cusco and because everyone flocks to…
Day 270
- Aperture: f/2.8
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 2.5 s
- Focal Length: 11mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Im so delirious with exhaustion right now. Last night we boarded our 18 hour overnight bus from Ica to Cusco. We booked in with a company called “Cruz Del Sur” which is nicknamed the gringo bus here in Peru because it is expensive and well, mostly only gringos use it. Without any other options we…