Rumor has it that girls making an attempt to get pregnant once frequented the temple to perform fertility-boosting rituals.
A religious procession marking the crucifixion of Christ kicks off proceedings.
Like their Inca ancestors, the residents’ primary economic exercise is farming.
We obtained conventional costumes from our hosts – Patrycja wore a woven shirt, broad skirt and a black scarf with beautiful embroidered designs, and Dawid wore the traditional poncho and a bobble hat.
I purchased a few of the tiny dragon boats and woven finger puppets to remind me of my experience.
When I was doing the Colca Canyon trek near Arequipa, a traveler requested me where I could be going next in Peru.
If you've been to Chandrashila, you have to remember how low the oxygen strain is at that height.