Unphotographable - Perú Edition

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This is a picture I did not take in Ollayantambo, of a small but colorful cemetery on day 1 of the Inca Trail trek. It was an odd little cemetery - with colored crosses and flowers - and it was right by the trail. We were trying to avoid bringing out the camera at every small opportunity - a misguided attempt to conserve battery. Turned out we had more than enough.

This is a picture I did not take in Arequipa, of a father encouraging his little girl to hop off the cathedral steps. It seemed like a very private moment and I did not want to intrude.

This is a picture I did not take in Huacachina, of Alberto - our driver who brought us to the hotel from Ica, and then spend the day with us in Nazca. He asked us if we enjoyed watching the Nazca lines from the air - with a look in his eyes that suggested he had not seen them from the air yet. I hope I am wrong about this.

This is a picture I did not take of the waitress in Nazca, who was a little offended by what she thought was us patronizing her when we asked her about Shah Rukh Khan - "of course I know SRK, what kind of a (bullshit) question is that!?". We tipped her well.

This is a picture I did not take in Arequipa, of the city streets and the cathedral steps - where we spend most of our time. In the 4 hours we had to kill, we circled the main square - mostly wandering aimlessly.

This is a picture I did not take of Machu Picchu, from the mountain top on the way in. It was cloudy and the visibility was extremely limited - to say the least. This is where we all got philosophical about the journey and not the destination (ya right!). Once we descended into the lost city, there was no hope was climbing back up - our legs would not allow it.

This is a picture I did not take in Lima, of the meticulously arranged bones in the basement of the Catacombs cathedral in Lima. They would have made for some very disturbing pictures - especially of a well that we were told is 10 meters deep, but the bones in it made it look just 3 meters.

This is a picture I did not take along the Inca Trail, of Dead Woman's pass as we got close to it and on the way down - it was raining and I was woozy and I did not want to make this post as long as a book.