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The swing at the end of the world

Banos, Ecuador

Swing at the End of the World

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

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Ambato Canton, Ecuador

Chimborazo

Massive volcano in the Andes is the farthest point from earth's center.

Ingapirca

Guapán, Ecuador

Ingapirca

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

The statue of Francisco Pizarro in the Parque de la Muralla in Lima.

Lima, Peru

Francisco Pizarro Statue

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

Convento de San Francisco Ossuary

Lima, Peru

Convento de San Francisco Ossuary

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

The Gran Hotel Bolivar in Lima, Peru.

Lima, Peru

Gran Hotel Bolivar

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

Mercado de Brujas

Lima, Peru

Mercado de Brujas

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

Row after row of skulls

Lima, Peru

The Room of 10,000 Ancient Skulls

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

The bear as diplomat

Lima, Peru

Paddington Bear of Lima

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

Sacsayhuamán

Cusco, Peru

Sacsayhuamán

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

The Ausangate trek.

Pitumarca, Peru

Rainbow Mountain

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

Salt Pans of Maras

Maras, Peru

Salt Pans of Maras

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

The highly textured Qenqo Temple

Cusco, Peru

Qenqo Temple

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

Bolivia's Witch Market

La Paz, Bolivia

Bolivia's Witch Market

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

Cementerio General

La Paz, Bolivia

Cementerio General

In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.

Ekeko, The Smiling God of Plenty

La Paz, Bolivia

Alasitas Festival

During this Bolivian festival/fair you can wish for wealth, success, love, and more by buying a miniature version of your desire.

Ernesto Che Guevara Statue

El Alto, Bolivia

Ernesto Che Guevara Statue

This likeness of the famous revolutionary is entirely made of recycled scraps of metal.

A Cholita and her male opponent.

La Paz, Bolivia

Cholita Wrestling

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon)

La Paz, Bolivia

Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon)

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

Mi Teleférico.

La Paz, Bolivia

Mi Teleférico

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

Valle de las Animas

La Paz, Bolivia

Valle de las Animas

Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.

North Yungas Road

Nor Yungas, Bolivia

North Yungas Road

Death road of Bolivia.

Yavari in Puno, 2015.

Qullaw pruwinsya, Peru

Steamship Yavari

The 19th-century vessel floats proudly on Lake Titicaca, but its journey from Britain to the Peruvian altiplano was far from smooth sailing.

Dinosaur Dance Floor

Sucre, Bolivia

Dinosaur Dance Floor

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.

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