You might visit the Cathedral in the Plaza de Armas (central square) of Lima:
... where you would see statues of Mary with her robe in the shape of a mountain--a ploy the Spaniards used to convince the Inca people to worship Mary as they did the mountain Gods:
You might visit the San Francisco chapel, with its catacombs in the basement:
Not far south of Lima is the archaeological site of Pachacamac:
You might visit the museums in Lima filled with wonderful examples of pre-Inca and Inca pottery:
Or you might travel 3-4 hours south of Lima to see the Ballestas Islands and the National Preserve at Paracas with wildlife of many types:
On one of the Ballestas Islands you could see the huge "candelabra" drawing. To us it looked like a "Tree of Life":
You could take a plane ride over the mysterious Nazca Lines, enormous drawings in the desert rock. The lines can only be seen from the air:
Most tourists travel to Cusco. Here two young women pose in the ceremonial costume of Cusco:
On a hill overlooking Cusco, you could visit the mammoth archaeological site of Saksawaman:
You could see women wearing their traditional hats and sweaters selling produce and souvenirs:
An amazing Inca site you could visit is found at Pisaq:
Here, a saleswoman and her daughter pose above the Pisaq terraces:
On the way to Machu Picchu, you could stop at the ancient Inca site of Ollantaytambo:
And of course, most tourists visit this Wonder of the World, Machu Picchu:
Machu Picchu is on the edge of the Peruvian jungle on a high mountain top:
On the train back from Machu Picchu to Ollantaytambo, you might be entertained by Peruvians in native masks and costumes:
You would probably want to visit Lake Titicaca. We stopped at various tourist sites, including this one, where Peruvian women sold their wares:
Some interesting Inca ruins are found at Raqchi:
You might get a close-up view of llama, alpaca (shown here), and vicuña:
Once in Puno, on the shore of Lake Titicaca, it's a short boat ride out to the floating islands of Los Uros. The islands, homes, and boats are made of reeds, which grow in the shallow western bay of the lake:
The Uros travel from their islands and to the mainland in small rowboats:
... but they also travel in reed boats:
Not far from Puno are the ruins at Sillustani, a pre-Inca and Inca burial site, with stones of granite (light colored) and basalt (dark colored):
A woman who lives near Sillustani posed for Scott:
Such are the amazing scenes and peoples you might see if you were a tourist visiting Peru.
