The last leg before returning to Lima

Almost like sisters.

In the island of Taquile. Lake Titicaca.

Taquile

In the Island of Taquile.
If you are single you wear a red and white beanie and when you are married  you wear a red only beanie
most important it has to be made by you.

Lunch time.
Tuna,  tomato, avocado, lime, bread  and mayo, lots of mayo.

Taquile, Lake Titicaca. Beautiful scenery. Very similar to the greek islands.

This guys sat for 3hrs chewing on coca leaves.

The town of  Cutimbo. Meaning "coming back to yourself"
This ancient Pre-Inca civilization like many others believe firmly in the afterlife, immortality and
the passing to a better life.

Madeline inside the tomb.
We were a bit scare to start with but we were petrified when some kind of bird stated to go crazy inside.

Viscacha. It's a wild hare here in the Andes of Peru.

They told us that we would easily get a bus back into town.  Well, we waited for almost 10 minutes to see a couple of trucks going pass. This is the transoceanic road  from the Pacific coast of Peru to the Atlantic coast of Brasil.
We did eventually get a bus back into town. But we were concerned.

Older than 7000 years old rock painting.
And Mr Devil was already there.

Whilst walking through the remains of the city of Cutimbo you could see these mortars and other tools from the past
just laying around, probably 2000 years old

Looking down you can see a natural basin which it used to be an ancient lake, now dry.

Mr Oswald, Not only he is the guardian of the site and a bit of the tour guide, but he also showed us a bit
of his repertoire and mind you he was playing an instrument made by him.

"Trompo" ,   Spinning top and catch in the air.

Some people here call it art.

These are the so called virility poles.
Story goes that these poles were found buried underground and still being found all over the town.
No one knows their origins so the locals decided to place them inside this Inca building and now
they call it the virility temple.

In the town of Chucuito.

A very important town during colonial times. It was here where  gold was minted with fresh gold

from the mines of Bolivia.  This is a solar clock that is out of tune thanks to some stupid mayor that decided 

to relocate it but was never able to set it properly .

After 3 months in the Andes the girls were happy to go back to the city.

Louise's birthday with the rent a crowd.

Maddy's new LOOK

In Chorrillos. These guys dress as monks and jump of the cliff then ask for money.  They deserve it.
Story goes that there was a monk that jumped to his death because he couldn't love a beautiful girl.

Antonela, Maddy and Maria Fe.

We thought the bill was a bit too much and after a thorough check we found there was 3 meals and
a bottle of wine too many.   Bastards! Nice feed though.

A day out with friends.  Many good times with these guys.  After a while Madeline and Louise thought of these guys as their Peruvian family.