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Parrot mural and live donkey, San Blas, Cusco, Peru photo

The hard-to-find street art of Cusco, Peru

June 26, 2012 · by Lauren · in Art, Peru, Photo Essays

While nearly every block in Lima, Peru had street art in the form of stencil, a mural, or tag, in Cusco, street art is a rare thing. Most of the town has been cleaned up for the tourists. That or…

A nun, a church, a taxi, Cusco, Peru photo

Here are the people in the neighborhood

June 21, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays

I can’t resist a good bout of street photography. If it’s ever offered, I’ll be first in line for a computerized camera in my eye so I don’t miss a thing. In Cusco, Peru, as we explored the Plaza de…

Shadows and sunlight, Cusco, Peru photo

What’s revealed around the corner in Cusco

June 19, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays

If you wander deep enough into Cusco, Peru — away from the Plaza de Armas and generally in an uphill direction — you can escape the touts and the tourist traps. In the side streets and alleys, the city starts…

Cápac Colla dancers, Saint Joseph's Day, Cusco, Peru photo

The cult of saints, live and in person

June 18, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories

Back in a college class about early religion, I read The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity by Peter Brown. Stay with me here…

The Sacsayhuamán slides, Cusco, Peru photo

The Incan slide at Sacsayhuamán, or Why your tour group and guidebook suck

June 13, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories

Having poked around Sacsayhuamán, Todd and I head for a bouldery hill just across the site’s broad, grassy field. It looks like a sweet spot to relax and take in the whole of the extensive Incan ruins and the views…

Triumphant alpaca, Sacsayhuamán, Cusco, Peru

Incan ruins and alpacas at Sacsayhuamán, Cusco

June 12, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays

Some people visit the ruins of Sacsayhuamán in the hills just above Cusco, Peru to see the remarkable Incan walls, bricks carved so perfectly that the thinnest blade can’t fit into the seam between them. Others come to see the…

Painting by "Vera", Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Cusco, Peru painting

Cusco’s delightfully dinky museums

June 11, 2012 · by Lauren · in Art, Peru, Travel Guides

With all the Incan ruins to see and llamas to pose with, most people visiting Peru’s Sacred Valley probably wouldn’t stop in any of Cusco‘s museums if admission wasn’t included in the boleto turistico. Not us. Todd and I would…

Stencil street art of Peruvian taking a tourist's photo, Cusco, Peru photo

Sacred and profane: Put a tout on it

June 7, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays, Travel Stories

We avoid making eye contact with most everyone in Cusco‘s Plaza de Armas. Being so shifty eyed makes chilling out on one of the main square’s park benches a little awkward. We want to people watch, because there are just…

View of Cusco, Peru drawing

Drawing of Cusco’s rooftops from the hills of San Blas

June 6, 2012 · by Todd · in Peru, Travel Art

While wandering aimlessly through Cusco, Peru‘s hilly San Blas neighborhood, the choice is pretty much just up or down. We choose to wander up and up until we come across a small terrace. Seats at a table. Coca tea. And…

Beseecher at Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, Cusco, Peru photo

Sacred and profane: Put a cross on it

June 5, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays, Travel Stories

Neither Todd or I are religious. Ask us if we believe in god, and we’ll tell you stories instead. About how, when we first moved to San Francisco, we hosted a combined Passover Easter party and a Hindu guest knew…

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