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Peru

The mountains of the Cordillera Vilcabamba form a steep ridge. Salantay is 6271 metres

The Tambopata is truly in the Selvas

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Traditional markets have local foods on sale

The Apurimac River is also a tributary of the Amazon

Land Use of Peru

• Forests and woodland 66%

• Permanent Pasture 21%

• Arable land 3%

• Other 10%

Ethnic Groups

• Amerindian 45%

• Mestizo 37%

• White 15%

• Other 3%

GDP Generated by:

• Agriculture 13%

• Industry 42%

• Services 45%

Pilchards are caught offshore thriving in the cold Peruvian current; the canning industry is an

important source of wealth

Population Data

• Birth rate 25 /1000

• Death Rate 6 /1000

• Infant mortality 41/1000

• Fertility rate 3 children /woman

• Life Expectancy 70 years

Parts of Lima are very smart

There are parks and open spaces

Other towns such as Ayacucho have smart areas with modern buildings and services

Does this look like your local shopping centre?

How does this town compare with Slough?

Taxi!

This is the Salantay

The name means Savage Mountain and may refer to the

clouds

Is there better grass down your way?

What would it be like to farm here?

How easy is it to travel from place to place?

Just who is going to do the digging

Rural settlements like Vilcashuan are very simple

Electricity is available but water is not pure and sewers are open drains in the streets

Festival days bring out the national costume

Almost all settlements have their own Inca ruins

The Cathedral in Cuzco took 90 years to build, from

1560 to 1650

Cuzco has become a major tourist town

There are hotels and all services

Machu Picchu

It is possible to walk among the ruins

Viewed from above

A memory which will last

for ever

The Apurimac River - what’s happened to the rocks?

It’s necessary to don the appropriate garb for white water rafting!

Trekking through the Sierra and jungle provides opportunities for adventure

Where did you say the bathroom was?

Fortunately there are donkeys to carry the luggage

Why is this woodland known as cloud forest?

Who can spot the waterfall

Sometimes it is necessary to chop through the overgrown

trail

A Tarantula web can capture quite large creatures

The most memorable remains are often the most remote and untended

Any ideas about the pattern of tree cover?

An Inca fertility symbol!

Even the Amazon is very small

at its source

The Amazon already shows signs of transportation and deposition

Fast moving water shows the thalweg

Pebble beaches on either side

The Tambopata River is a tributary of the Amazon

Trains are very important in the rural areas

Fruit and vegetables laid out for

sale. Traditional Peruvian

hats abound

Dead dogs for sale here

‘Fresh’ orange for sale hereInsane woman

with axe chops animal here

‘The most horrifying place in the world’

What do the potatoes

and warm clothing tell us about the climate of the Andes?

Hat and jacket traditional- Iced lolly universal?