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Funeral procession in the plaza, Cabanaconde, Colca Canyon, Peru

In the sun, in the shade

January 22, 2013 · 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

Views to die for in Colca Canyon

September 19, 2012 · 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

October 6, 2008 · 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…

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