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“The Temple of the Sun.”
That’s where she told us we were standing as she explained that everyone gets it wrong when they call it the Incan Empire.
For it was not an empire at all.

This is not a photography post, but it's much more important than any post I may have posted.
I won’t sugarcoat it, this is a story about child abuse.
I’d like to introduce you to Luz Emilia Haddad, one of the most wonderful, beautiful, resilient, empathetic, nurturing souls on the planet, who has had a special place in my heart since I was a baby....

(If you haven’t yet, and you wanna, start at the beginning of the adventure with Part 1 - Where The Wacky Alpacky Hath Led Me)
The next several days of the trip provided the perfect recipe of pace and activity to decompress from the often overwhelming mental and physical stimulation of the days before. The frantic pace of the first part of the trip finally slowed down as all...

(If you haven’t yet, and you wanna, start at the beginning of the adventure with Part 1 - Where The Wacky Alpacky Hath Led Me)
This morning was our first 'touristy' thing - a visit to Condor Cross, which lie a short hour's drive from Chivay.
Condor Cross, which lies in the midst of Peru's Colca Canyon, by some estimates the world’s 2nd deepest canyon (twice as deep as the Grand Canyon), just so happens to be one of the best places to see, appropriately, the world's largest flying bird -...