Entries from 'peru'
Day 284
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/125 s
- Focal Length: 11mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
We awoke at a ridiculous 5 am this morning to watch the sunrise over our little floating reed island on Lake Titticaca and it was bloody freezing as the temperature drops to about 1 degrees overnight. After we were satisfied we crawled back into bed for a few more hours before begin awoken by some…
Day 283
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/800 s
- Focal Length: 24mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Tonight is our last night in Peru! Most people come to Puno to see the Uros Islands, also known as the floating islands of lake titicaca. The Uros people originally started building and living on these islands completely made of reeds before the Incas were around and did so for safety reasons. In more recent years…
Day 282
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/800 s
- Focal Length: 11mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Today we hit up two Incan sites which were a little out of the ordinary. After the tours we had to do over the last two days we were hanging out to do some exploring without guided tours. The first place we went to was Aramu Muru, an unfinished Incan ruin in the middle of nowhere…
Day 281
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/640 s
- Focal Length: 60mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
We arrived into Lake Titicaca before sunrise today. hehe, Titicaca. We are staying in a small city called Puno which is on the usual tourist trail and is a launching point to see the floating reed islands and ruins that are dotted around Lake Titicaca. After a nap and a quick look around the city centre we…
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 275
- Aperture: f/3.5
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/1600 s
- Focal Length: 18mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Machu Picchu, one of the 7 wonders of the world! I know, I know, one of the cliché classic Machu Picchu photos, but it really is a spectacular view. I took way too many photos and it was too hard to decided between the non-classic shots, so this is what I’m using. We ended up…
Day 274
- Aperture: f/3.5
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/500 s
- Focal Length: 18mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
The cheap path to Machu Picchu. There are essentially 3 ways to reach the famous Incan ruins of Machu Picchu nowdays. The first and most expensive option of course is to hike the famous Inca Trail (nicknamed the gringo trail) which can be done over 4/5/6 nights. I was originally was planning on doing this,…
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…