Sacred Valley - Pisac and Ollantaytambo

We have been on a great trip around in the sacred valley close to Cusco. Amazing landscapes and some great adventure.
First stop was Pisac, a small village not far from Cusco. Very green and some beautiful spots to enjoy:

View from our hotel

view from the hotel - to the other side

Pisac on a sunny day

happy paisanito :p

Next stop - Ollantaytambo. Another small village in the valley with beautiful scenary and we went to explore some of the ruins.

Ollantaytambo seen from above

Enjoying the view

Life is not too bad

serious posing

Ollantaytambo seen from the ruins highst up

snow not that far away

traditional indigena ladies on the central plaza

Paracas and Islas Ballestas

We went to the coastal city, Paracas, where we could work and sightsee at the same time, great combination. The small coastal village was quite nice, but the best was the trip out to the Islas Ballestas:

beautiful old boats

pelican

ready for the trip to Islas Ballestas

crazy marks in the sand, similar to the Nazca lines, and nobody knows how they made them

This one is dedicated to you dad, Pinguins :p

Lazy sealions

a sealion showing off

the beach where the sealionesses give birth to their babies

el arco del deseo.. and this was it for the trip

Huacachina - paradise oasis in the desert

After leaving Lima we went to Huacachina. Amazing, beautiful oasis in the middle of the desert. The pictures say everything:

enjoying the beautiful view 

Yesterday was Gustavo´s 29th birthday, which we of course celebrated with great cake, good food, and on top Colombia played football against Peru and won 2-0 :p

From jungle to enormous city

We were so ready to leave Iquitos and the pretty chaotic life.

these mototaxis were almost the only vehicules in Iquitos, producing a lot of noise.

this curious little girl wanted a photo, so she brought out her best smile :p

delayed bachelor celebration part I

Loving it :D 

We left Iquitos for the extremely big and cold Lima, but it was amazing since I got to see Maria again. It was been around 10 months without seeing her so we had a lot of catching up to do. It was great :D We also got to meet Chiara, who was also doing exchange in Popayan. All in all a great week in Lima:

Maia and Lizandro picked us up at the airport and we went to have something to eat. Delicious:

Plaza de Armas in Lima

Happy

We went to the inquisition museum, great for two spanish nerds as Maria and I :p

awful torture methods they used were showed

we needed a beer and a relax after that :p

Mary-Salle love

Good to see Chiara again as well - lokita

cooking, great to get some homemade food :D

Barranco

art in Barranco

we went to parque del amor with Lizandro, Maria and the cuban bassist from Lizandro`s band, Vicente:

beautiful, but soooo cold

Lizandro explaining something

Great with a cooffee to warm usa little :D

view from the place we were staying in Jesus Maria, Lima