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Photos of South America |
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My photos of South America include people from Peru and Bolivia, landscapes from Venezuela and Peru, and wildlife
from Venezuela and Bolivia. The high altitude in the Andes and the exposure to the sun's uv rays causes the deeply
creased faces seen in these photographs of the people from Peru and Bolivia, giving an interesting character to
their faces. My landscapes include a scene from Los Nevados and the Roraima Tepui in Venezuela, and the Inca Trail,
Incan ruins, and Machu Picchu in Peru. Our wildlife images were captured from the Rio Yacuma in Bolivia, and Los Llanos in
Venezuela.
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Old Woman This old woman was photographed at a market in Calacoto, Bolivia just south of La Paz. Other people from cultures around the world can be seen at TheWorldinLight's People Photos Page. |
Child With Churango The land-locked country of Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in South America. Entire families are homeless here and often will beg for food outside of restaurants. This boy played a churango on street corners for tips. |
Calacoto Market This is a vegetable market in Calacoto, Bolivia, just south of La Paz. |
Los Nevados Los Nevados is a quaint little village in the Andes Mountains of Venezuela. The most popular way to reach Los Nevados is to first take the longest cable car ride in the world from Merida, Venezuela - getting off at the next to last mountain stop. Then it's a long beautiful hike to the village. If you choose to return to Merida by jeep, you'll ride some of the most dangerous mountain road anywhere. |
Piranha This is a close-up photograph of the face and teeth of the infamous Piranha. See more Wildlife Photos at TheWorldinLight's wildlife page. |
Anaconda #672 I waded swamps in Los Llanos, Venezuela for hours looking for the famous anaconda. We found two, coincidentally spaced only perhaps fifty meters apart from each other. Thankfully, they both had very recently eaten, probably within hours. The largest of the two - both of which were enormous - was perhaps 6-7 meters long. |
Machu Picchu #5451 The Incan ruins at |
Colorful People The people of Ollantaytambo, Peru are very proud of their Incan heritage. The Incan ruins present there are the site of the only Incan victory over the invading Conquistadors. On the face of the rock cliff overlooking Ollantaytambo there is a sculpture - probably several stories tall - of the face of an ancient Incan king. |
Children of Cliza This group of happy children played on the streets of Cliza, Bolivia. |
Cusco at Night This is a photograph of the very nice fountain in the Plaza de Armas of Cusco, Peru. See more nightscape photos at TheWorldinLight's Nightscapes Page. |
Anteater #626 This is a tree anteater that I photographed in the Los Llanos region of Venezuela. |
Anaconda #671 It's sheer speculation what this anaconda had eaten. Perhaps it was a Capabara, perhaps a Caiman. In any case, the curves and lumps in its enormously stretched belly was something that had been alive very shortly before we encountered this snake. |
Mother and Child In Cusco, Peru where tourists flock to visit ancient Incan ruins such as Machu Picchu, the local people eke out a life by selling trinkets and crafts to foreigners. This woman carried her child throughout long days to sell finger puppets to tourists. |
Machu Picchu #5466 The weather at Machu Picchu changes often and quickly. The ruins are often encased in clouds and fog in the early morning and sometime throughout the day. However, even then, the sight from the Gate of the Sun can be spectacular. |
Machu Picchu #5500 The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is a one-way hike. This prevents trekkers from passing so many other trekkers and reduces the appearance of crowding on the trail However, I have done this hike twice - in 1998 and 2006 and I can assure you the trail has become much more crowded. Peruvian controls have supposedly set restrictions on the number of trekkers, however they now also control the amount that porters can carry, so there are far more of them. |
Incan Ruins The Incan Trail is one of the premier treks in the world going along the magnificent Andes Mountains past several sets of Incan ruins and ending at the most famous of them all - Machu Picchu. |
Machu Picchu #29 Machu Picchu is the most famous of the Incan Ruins of Peru. Located on the peaks of mountains near the village of Aguas Calientes, Peru, Machu Picchu is arguably one of the most beautiful places on earth. |
View From Roraima Roraima is one of the strange and unusual tepuis of Venezuela. First explored by man in the early 1900's by an expedition sponsored by the National Geographic Society, it was found that half of all life forms on the tops of this ancient inaccessible mountain were unique, found nowhere else on earth. |
Anteater #629 The Tree Anteater moves very slowly, almost like a Slow Loris. This one was photographed in Los Llanos, Venezuela. |
Anteater #627 Los Llanos, Venezuela is home to a highly diverse population of wild animals. The area is full of Caiman, Capabara, Anteaters, Anaconda and monkeys. Birdwatchers from around the world come here because of the number of different species of birds here. |
Brothers These boys played in the Plaza de Armas in Cusco, Peru. |
Machu Picchu #5540 The 500-year old Incan ruins of Machu Picchu were only re-discoverd in the 1930's. Now nearly fully restored, the site is one of he most popular tourist attractions in Peru, and perhaps in all of South America. |
Machu Picchu #5584 Machu Picchu is located in an absolutely stunningly beautiful setting in the Andes Mountains of Peru. The ruins can be reached by a multi-day trek through the Andes Mountains via the Inca Trail, or by train to the town of Aguas Calientes at the base of the mountains followed by a bus ride up. |
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