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Author Archives: janie
foto friday 27 – saturday edition, “Janie & the monkey”
Yet again we’re posting our foto friday on a Saturday. Kenzo and I visited the Cuzco zoo last month. All of the animals in there are being rehabilitated. The “rules” at the zoo are a lot more lenient than in … Continue reading
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foto friday 26 – “Cheers”
The blog has been slacking. Mainly because I, Janie, am in the states right now and have been visiting friends, family and loading up on photography work. So – we missed foto friday 25. BUT – have no fear, I … Continue reading
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a day in Tipon
Last weekend we finally made our way to the Tipon ruins. These ruins are located about 30 minutes down the road from San Jeronimo, very close to Cuzco. We had heard that they were fine – but nothing special, but … Continue reading
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foto friday 24 {saturday edition}: “Camping in Little Cuzco”
This is the 3rd time that our Foto Friday series has been published late…but, we have a good excuse!! Yesterday morning at 7:30am we headed out with two of our friends for a 15 mile hike to the ruins of … Continue reading
Foto Friday 23: “Corn Field”
We live in a beautiful place!! While we’re very much in the center of the city – you drive 40 minutes down the road and you’re in corn fields and pastures. I snapped this photo as I was leaving a … Continue reading
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Christmas Day
So, as I noted before, Christmas Eve is really the tradition here in Peru. On Christmas, they actually just kind of do whatever they think of that day. This Christmas, our Peruvian family decided to take us to some hot … Continue reading
Chocolatada
A tradition in Cuzco (and maybe all of Peru?) is to host chocolatadas around Christmas time. A chocolatada is basically an opportunity to hand out hot chocolate and other goodies to locals, spreading the Christmas cheer. Kenzo and I had … Continue reading
Pavo 59 | Turkey #59 . . . WARNING
Meet “Pavo Cincuenta y Nueve” or in other words Turkey #59. He was our Christmas Eve dinner. It was an interesting experience, going with the family to pick out our live turkey. Watching them tie him up and put him … Continue reading
Foto Friday 22 – “Sacred Valley Sacredness”
This photo was taken while on horse back between the Sacsayhuaman and Q’enko ruins. Pure beauty!
Nacimientos ~ Nativity Scenes
I kind of mentioned what a big deal Nacimientos, or Nativity Scenes, are here in Cuzco – but I thought that it’d be fun for you to actually see. About a week before Christmas sellers starting setting up camp in … Continue reading