![Funeral procession in the plaza, Cabanaconde, Colca Canyon, Peru](http://ephemerratic.com/wp-content/uploads/cabanaconde-colca-canyon-peru-casket-funeral-ephemerratic-150x200.jpg)
In the sun, in the shade
· by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories
Today, the remote village of Cabanaconde in Colca Canyon, Peru feels like a place that’s just rolled out of bed — mussed, shuffle-footed, and a little slow to react. The mood is the same as in that first part of…
![Sunset in the Colca Canyon valley, Peru photo](http://ephemerratic.com/wp-content/uploads/colca-canyon-peru-sunset-valley-200x150.jpg)
Views to die for in Colca Canyon
· by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories
Having carrion-craving birds circling in the hot updrafts above you can indicate that those expert hunters of the dead and dying consider you a likely next meal. The condors in Colca Canyon, Peru may have smelled my sweat, thick with…
Slow slaughter at the bull fight
· by Lauren · in Spain, Travel Stories
Chin jutting matador | Photo by Lauren Girardin It ends with an old man crouched over a short-handled hoe, scooping sand soaked with coagulated blood into a woven basket, the kind you might see eco-minded people using to carry fresh…