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Napkin holder, salt and pepper sit on wooden table in front of open window of cafe
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This old Andean couple in their one room clay house recently got electric service to power their one lightbulb. Lares Trek, Andes Mountains, Peru
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Close-up of a Kechwa woman spinning alpaca fleece into yarn, Village of Qeshwarani, Peru
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More than half of the world's estimated 10 million species of plants, animals and insects live in the tropical rainforests. One-fifth of the world's fresh water is in the Amazon Basin
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Kechwa women standing with alpaca yarn in the village of Qeshwarani, Peru
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All natural elements such as insects, plants and berries are used to dye alpaca yarn, Village of Qeshwarani, Peru
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Local street vendors come to markets like this one to restock knit hats, gloves, blankets and other Peruvian goods to sell to tourists on the streets of Cuzco.
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Farming platforms were sculpted into the sides of mountains to provide inhabitants with well suited growing conditions for crops, Pisac, Peru
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Leaning over the side of a motorized canoe along the Tambopata river in Amazonia
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Smoke wafts over the Tambopata river, a tributary of the Amazon river, as residents clearcut and burn trees in the jungle
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The Incas built massive and elaborate structures from stone precisely pieced together without the use of mortar.
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The stone wall rings provide protection from predators when nomadic herders need to rest overnight, Lares Trek, Andes Mountains, Peru
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Homes throughout Cuzco and the Sacred Valley have animal and plant ornaments and holy water on the roofs as holy offerings for prosperity and safety
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Contrast of modern valley floor farmland and ancient Incan farming platforms that sit several hundred meters atop the mountains of Pisac, Peru.
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This old Andean couple in their one room clay house recently got electric service to power their one lightbulb. Lares Trek, Andes Mountains, Peru
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Rafael, a native of the Amazon jungle looks out across the Amazon river
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Planting crops in the mountains the old fashioned way, one seed at a time, Lares Trek, Andes Mountains, Peru
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