Lima, Peru
Paddington Bear of Lima
The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.
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Lima, Peru
The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.
La Paz, Bolivia
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
La Paz, Bolivia
Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.
Tiwanaku, Bolivia
Over a millennium ago, this site on the shores of Lake Titicaca was home to a city of more than 10,000 people.
El Alto, Bolivia
This likeness of the famous revolutionary is entirely made of recycled scraps of metal.
Puno, Peru
These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.
Arequipa, Peru
This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.
Comunidad Challapampa, Bolivia
Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.
Peru
An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway."
Chucuito Province, Peru
Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises.
Qullaw pruwinsya, Peru
The 19th-century vessel floats proudly on Lake Titicaca, but its journey from Britain to the Peruvian altiplano was far from smooth sailing.
Puno, Peru
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.
Cusco, Peru
Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.
Cusco, Peru
This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.
Cusco, Peru
A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.
Cusco, Peru
Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Urubamba, Peru
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
Maras, Peru
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
Cusco, Peru
Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.
Cusco, Peru
A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.
Ollantaytambo, Peru
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
Urubamba, Peru
Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.
Nazca, Peru
This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.