More Mountains Zig-zag roads and town market
Cusco to Urcos and the road beyond
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- Urcos market - a dark coloured llama on the left
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- Urcos plaza - Refreshment stalls on the right. The man passing has his purchases in an aguayo
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- Urcos market - with a variety of hats worn. In the centre is a bowler hat which is a legacy of an English company
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- Urcos market - The woman in the centre is wearing a type of hat called a 'montera'
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- Our SWB Land Rover parked up by the main square in Urcos
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- Urcos by the church - typical women in various hats and carrying their belongings in a manta
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- A llama being led into the market by a woman in traditional dress
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- Urcos - the 'rustic' transport option being loaded up
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- Urcos - the church ' Santiago Apostol de Urcos - San Juan Bautista'
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- Urcos - llamas by the plaza with their colourful ear tags
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- Urcos market in the Plaza. Note the ladies on the left, they are wearing the typical multiple skirts which was the fashion in thehighlands
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- Urcos market - not sure what is being sold. Could be a variety of potato?. There is a child being carried by the woman passing.
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- Urcos market - not sure if they are buying or selling. Note the hats, braided hair and the aguayo ('blanket') on the ground to hold the possessions
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- Uisdean studying the situation in Urcos
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- A llama being led through the market in Urcos
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- Close up of quechua women with their bowler hats
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- Occasionally there were stands of trees in the valleys
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- You get some idea of the rugged landscape in the photo. There are still signs of cultivation on any semi-level area
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- Looking down into a valley from the highest part of the road
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- Now we could see snow-capped mountains in the distance
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- View of the snowy ANdes peaks from the highest area on the road
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- One of the scattered buildings along the road - part of the village of Ccatca I think
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- A view into the buildings - you can see the 'thatched' roofs and courtyard
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- One of the buildings seen as we passed through Ccatca. Looks like a 'shop' in the courtyard
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- Buildings in the foreground and snowy peaks in the background
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- I think this is a view of Ausangate mountain from the road
