2008 February, Chalhuanca, Peru

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The ride from Nasca to Puquio takes 3 hrs on a twisty, rising, pot holed road ...

Vicuna reserve

arid scenery

annual fiesta

to celebrate the local Andean financing cooperative
between the fiesta & foreign workers for mineral extraction...
the only "hotel" room available in the town is a flea pit beyond description
slept in our clothes