This is the Carnival of Pisily which is an indigenous village where everyone speaks Quechua. the people here maintain the original customs and costumes from Inca times. the activity of the region of Pisily is agriculture and work with cloth for example weaving ponchos. La Pukara is the totem pole like structure made up […]
Read MoreThis was a lovely local festival. It has only been running for four years so foreigners were made very welcome and I was invited into the centre of the circle around the offerings to take my photos. Everyone came in dancing to their band in groups to lay their offerings under the big structure […]
Read MoreI took a 48 hour bus from BA to Oruro Bolivia so that I was in time for the Carnival. The bus journey was horrendous. The toilet stank day one and the bus was horrible not like the sleek Argentinian ones. The air conditioning did not work and so it was hot sticky and […]
Read MoreIsla del Sol on Lake Titicaca is apparently where the Incas are reputed to have arrived in South America. They do not know where they came from as they were a very developed Nation with a good infrastructure. The Incas were the High ranking officials but while they conquered they also allowed the Tiwanaku […]
Read MoreAll of a sudden we were surrounded by the parade. The Gauchos (cowboys of Argentina) were behind us and in front of us. The horses were clip clopping through the cobbled streets passing the low pastel coloured houses and shops and the crowds that lined the streets. The horses were magnificent with gleaming silver bridles […]
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