In a small village that recently became a surfers highlight on the Pacific coast of Peru, fishermen still use totora (reed) boats. We catched a glimpse of these traditional embarkations while a fisherman was coming back from the sea.
Antique pyramids and gods
The desert in Northern Peru hosts some of the continent’s oldest pyramids, ceremonial centers and representations of divinities. These remains recall how people needed and respected a healthy balance between the sea, the mountains that bring water, and the sky that decides on climate and crops viability.
Southern Ecuador
As you can see in South Ecuador, there are landscapes, hat makers and alpacas. We are now in Cusco, Peru, in the middle of Winter. Woop woop !
Corpus Christi celebrations
In a remote village in Southern Ecuador, we found this popular celebration of Corpus Christi, held every year in June in many communities. The christian event replaced Inti Raymi and other native celebrations around the Winter solstice, but incorporated some indigenous elements. In this Quichua community, colorful costumes danced along with christian symbols…
The Quilotoa family
The route follows the South. We passed the Cotopaxi mountain and headed to the Quilotoa volcano, where a lake lies in its crater. We spent some time around the wood stove with a lovely Quichua family and met one-month-old Jadhi.
El parque Condor
In Otavalo, Ecuador, we visited the Condor park. The “king of the Andes” is at risk, but later in Peru we had the chance to see a few on the paramo. We also met Gringa, the bald eagle.
Otavaleños
Here comes Ecuador! We met incredible people in Ibarra, at the feet of the Imbabura volcano, who have worked all their lives long to preserve and create traditional Quichua music and dance – portraits are under work. Nearby is Otavalo and its great Saturday market where people from numerous Quichua communities around come and sell food, arts and crafts.
Colombia’s Amazonia
While visiting Inga traditional musicians in the Yunquillo reserva near Mocoa, South Colombia, we met this lovely woman who invited us to wait in her home for the campero back to Mocoa. We shared a memorably awful soup and inspiring thoughts about cultures around the world. “I don’t have much but I want to share with you, because we’re all brothers”, she said. The life of the Inga community in the Amazonian jungle seems quite peaceful…
San Agustín oldies
We stayed a while in the San Agustín area, South Colombia. We explored forests and fields in search of thousands-of-years-old statues, testimonies of shamanistic practices ensuring balance between the sky-eagle and the earth-serpent.
Desierto de la Tatacoa
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We are now in Northern Peru, visiting incredible ancient cities and ceremonial sites and tasting ceviche. Let’s recap a little. Going south from Bogotá, we drove through the Tatacoa desert, watching grey earth becoming red earth. The cliché road trip was on!
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