Peru Images Collection

#1 Abra La Raya
This is the continental divide between Puno and Cusco, Abra La Raya. Altitude 4319 m. Vendors are ready to sell souvenirs (Altiplano gifts) from this high altitude location.    

#2
Sicuani Altiplano vendors. These women wear the traditional hat of their region. They are from Sicuani, a town near a sacred Inca temple.    

#3 Lima
The ambulance attendants are also volunteer firefighters (Bomberos vountarios). Lima.    

#4 Lima
Art museum. Lima's large Art Museum houses canvases spanning 400 years of Peruvian history as well as colonial furniture and pre-Columbian artifacts.    

#5 Lima
Cliffs edge the entire length of Lima's coast. Roads and paths traverse the cliffs at regular intervals allowing beachgoers to enjoy the ocean. Despite increasing pollution in the coastal waters around Lima, many people still play in the surf.    

#6 Trujillo
Beaches in Trujillo, a city north of Lima, attract many people during the summer.    

#7
Bicycles are commonly seen in small cities and villages, but they are not a major form of transportation in the large cities.    

#8
Often houses of a village are the same color as the surrounding earth, an indication that local clay is used for the bricks.    

#9 Lima
Even in Lima bicycle carts are common for transport and transportation. This cart is the kind used for transporting goods to and from the market, although, when unloaded, it makes a handy passenger seat.    

#10
Popular in many Peruvian towns and villages, these bicycle-powered taxis wait at bus stops and busy street corners for fares.    

#11
As in many developing countries, horses are also used for labour. Here they are pulling wooden plows through the crop fields.   

#12 Andahuaylillas
Andahuaylillas is a small town south of Cusco with an elaborate church built by the Jesuits in the late sixteenth century. In the classic style of country churches, this church is a simple construction made of thick adobe mud-brick walls. In spite of the simple style of construction, this church is one of the finest examples of Peruvian colonial art: on the inner side of the façade are mural paintings representing the path between good and evil and the main altar is entirely decorated in goldleaf from the Amazon region.    

#13
As is true in most big cities, crime is a problem on the streets of Lima. In an attempt to reduce petty crime such as pick-pocketing and purse-snatching, vigilant city officers keep an eye on pedestrians and watch for suspicious people.    

#14 Lima
Policemen on guard at the congress building in Lima.    

#15 Pisac
In a traditional market in Pisac, north of Cusco, a woman stops to buy corn.    

#16
A woman selling fresh corn. Corn vendors often offer "Choclo con queso" or "Corn on the cob with cheese".    

#17 Cusco
This church in Cusco was built in 1571, and rebuilt in 1650 after a devastating earthquake. The baroque façade makes it one of Cusco's most ornate churches.    

#18 Cusco
Cusco's main square is only half the size now as it was in Incan times. Seen here are the colonial arcades surrounding much of the plaza and part of the La Merced church in the rear.    

#19
Most of the southern half of coastal and central Peru is extremely dry. At the southern most part of Peru and into Chile is the Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth.    

#20 Trujillo
Fancy wrought iron window coverings in Trujillo, which in Peru are often used to prevent theft, but designed to look attractive.