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Bird perched on a cactus, Colca Canyon, Peru photo

Beasts, birds, and bugs of Colca Canyon, Peru

September 6, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays

The Andean condors of Colca Canyon, Peru attract all the tourist paparazzi attention. Evade the camera flashes and flee down a trail, and there’s a captivating natural diversity in the sky, underfoot, and in the brush.

Purple flowers and a view of Colca Canyon, Peru photo

Huff, puff, and smell the flowers of Colca Canyon

September 5, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays

Who’da thunk that hiking up the steep, deep, Colca Canyon, Peru would have been easier than hiking down the same 3,300-feet? Going downhill was so rough that I couldn’t stop and smell the…well, I don’t know what they’re all called,…

White void on a wall, Manila, The Philippines photo

The color of travel

July 18, 2012 · by Lauren · in Detritus, Photo Essays

(Thanks to Ashley of No Onion Extra Pickles for the inspiration for this post.) I only shoot in color — black and white has never seemed an equal reflection of the exciting world I encounter in my travels. Spots of…

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…

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…

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…

Transit of Venus 2012, San Francisco, CA photo

Captured: Transit of Venus 2012

June 5, 2012 · by Lauren · in Photo Essays, San Francisco

Today’s transit of Venus is the last one we’ll see in our lifetimes. We were lucky to have a fog-free afternoon to watch the small dot traipse across the sun. We still had our eclipse glasses from our recent solar…

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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