Urcos, Peru, May 2000
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Unlike the llamas we saw in Cusco, these are not for show. |
Here's a late model beauty in the farmers' parking lot. |
However, not everybody got to market the old fashioned way. In the background
of this picture is an intercity bus. |
For short hops, there are also these tricycle taxis. One hundred and twenty five
cc's of Soichiro Honda's best... I wonder how long the clutch lasts. |
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This merchant's main line is herbal medicines, but for times when that won't do,
she will also sell you whatever you need to make an offering to the gods of your choice. |
Those are pommes in the foreground. We're just not sure if they are
de terre or not. |
These are papas ('taters) for sure. The Incas were great botanists.
They developed many varieties of potatoes. |
This is corn, but note the similarity in colors. |
Unlike in Cusco, people here don't expect a tip if you take their picture. |
Is this emblematic of something? You see a lot of mixed political messages like this:
one party's advertisement painted on top of the opposition's. |
Here's how the whole scene looked from the steps of the cathedral. |