![Alpaca...tasty tasty](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954788.Te9LmbVd.PeruJun083021.jpg) Alpaca...tasty tasty |
![Llama...starting to tell the difference](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954790.WH2hg68a.PeruJun083022.jpg) Llama...starting to tell the difference |
![Alpaca and Llamas in front of a traditional house on the road to Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954791.NVnePKWp.PeruJun083024.jpg) Alpaca and Llamas in front of a traditional house on the road to Sillustani |
![Traditional stone compound on the road to Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954792.XfbiNLQe.PeruJun083025.jpg) Traditional stone compound on the road to Sillustani |
![Each family lives in a walled enclosure with several huts](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954793.qRCBWoZL.PeruJun083026.jpg) Each family lives in a walled enclosure with several huts |
![Traditional rural enclosure on the Altiplano en route to Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954794.ooDqxmyz.PeruJun083027.jpg) Traditional rural enclosure on the Altiplano en route to Sillustani |
![Atuncolla, Peru](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954795.ZP6IQyeI.PeruJun083028.jpg) Atuncolla, Peru |
![Church of San Andres, Atuncolla, Peru](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954796.pjy3djcR.PeruJun083029.jpg) Church of San Andres, Atuncolla, Peru |
![Iglesia San Andres de Atuncolla, Peru](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954797.aOO6F55T.PeruJun083030.jpg) Iglesia San Andres de Atuncolla, Peru |
![Main plaza, Antuncolla, Peru](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954798.9ddUHM95.PeruJun083031.jpg) Main plaza, Antuncolla, Peru |
![Municipalidad Distrital Atuncolla](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954799.71owok3k.PeruJun083032.jpg) Municipalidad Distrital Atuncolla |
![Freestanding stone house near Atuncolla](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954800.D5xMLaog.PeruJun083033.jpg) Freestanding stone house near Atuncolla |
![Llamas grazing in front of a traditional enclosure](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954801.pU5sscUM.PeruJun083035.jpg) Llamas grazing in front of a traditional enclosure |
![In Africa, I'd call it a kraal...here, choza](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954802.G9jzRvBA.PeruJun083036.jpg) In Africa, I'd call it a kraal...here, choza |
![Cattle wading in the Lake Umayo below Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954804.tWn7BXsf.PeruJun083038.jpg) Cattle wading in the Lake Umayo below Sillustani |
![Lago Umayo by Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954805.SwxRsCep.PeruJun083039.jpg) Lago Umayo by Sillustani |
![Alpaca](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954806.PxEgrS8T.PeruJun083040.jpg) Alpaca |
![Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954807.SGscPPFI.PeruJun083042.jpg) Sillustani |
![Parking area and village at Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954808.z6am8vpu.PeruJun083046.jpg) Parking area and village at Sillustani |
![Late afternoon at Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954809.BIwseuro.PeruJun083047.jpg) Late afternoon at Sillustani |
![Lago Umayo, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954810.ndqlZkXb.PeruJun083048.jpg) Lago Umayo, Sillustani |
![The plowed furroughs are called waru waru](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954811.RvDkTZvz.PeruJun083050.jpg) The plowed furroughs are called waru waru |
![Lago Umayo, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954812.dMwCIb0g.PeruJun083051.jpg) Lago Umayo, Sillustani |
![Village at Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954814.Bi5FTwJw.PeruJun083052.jpg) Village at Sillustani |
![Sillustani is famous as a pre-Incan burial ground of the Colla people, Aymara](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954815.XJ4MEmYp.PeruJun083053.jpg) Sillustani is famous as a pre-Incan burial ground of the Colla people, Aymara |
![Chullpa, an ancient Aymara tomb](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954816.wqAXNCVh.PeruJun083054.jpg) Chullpa, an ancient Aymara tomb |
![The Aymara worshiped their ancestors and built these stone Chullpas as their tombs](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954817.ZtTHvz6F.PeruJun083055.jpg) The Aymara worshiped their ancestors and built these stone Chullpas as their tombs |
![Aymara stonework differs from that of the Inca](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954818.ScAfSCmO.PeruJun083056.jpg) Aymara stonework differs from that of the Inca |
![Detail of a Chullpa at Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954819.R3QOU3bc.PeruJun083057.jpg) Detail of a Chullpa at Sillustani |
![Marcos on top of a rock, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954820.U6LeIHIm.PeruJun083058.jpg) Marcos on top of a rock, Sillustani |
![Marcos, my knowledgable guide](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954821.ked3CXKl.PeruJun083062.jpg) Marcos, my knowledgable guide |
![Ruins of a Chullpa with only two layers remaining](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954822.9OcJODth.PeruJun083064.jpg) Ruins of a Chullpa with only two layers remaining |
![Chullpa tomb, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954823.eiVnTFoI.PeruJun083065.jpg) Chullpa tomb, Sillustani |
![Marcos, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954825.yu9G9tTA.PeruJun083068.jpg) Marcos, Sillustani |
![Chullpa remains, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954826.ZY2uo83w.PeruJun083069.jpg) Chullpa remains, Sillustani |
![Lago Umayo from the necropolis of Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954827.SyKsZnd4.PeruJun083070.jpg) Lago Umayo from the necropolis of Sillustani |
![Some Chullpas are barely piles of rock today](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954828.7TseZLCY.PeruJun083073.jpg) Some Chullpas are barely piles of rock today |
![Pre-Incan burial ground at Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954830.9P50yCMw.PeruJun083074.jpg) Pre-Incan burial ground at Sillustani |
![Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954831.oCYXV2QO.PeruJun083075.jpg) Sillustani |
![Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954833.0xcbQEdy.PeruJun083077.jpg) Sillustani |
![Long shadows, late afternoon](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954835.1QRxfsK8.PeruJun083078.jpg) Long shadows, late afternoon |
![Chulpa Cuadrada - dating from the Inca period](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954837.6XemliL9.PeruJun083081.jpg) Chulpa Cuadrada - dating from the Inca period |
![Chulpa remains, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954838.QBJ5LHR7.PeruJun083082.jpg) Chulpa remains, Sillustani |
![Chulpa remains, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954840.3oC81LpD.PeruJun083086.jpg) Chulpa remains, Sillustani |
![Lago Umayo - 3890m](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954841.hrkoJaUi.PeruJun083089.jpg) Lago Umayo - 3890m |
![Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954842.CX3CN6z5.PeruJun083098.jpg) Sillustani |
![Chullpas were used to bury entire families](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954843.LUrLVZZr.PeruJun083099.jpg) Chullpas were used to bury entire families |
![Marcos, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954845.U7OGGWiY.PeruJun083101.jpg) Marcos, Sillustani |
![Late afternoon sun behind a dry stone wall, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954846.LVrHUw7h.PeruJun083103.jpg) Late afternoon sun behind a dry stone wall, Sillustani |
![Late afternoon sun behind a dry stone wall, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954847.Wbig67kT.PeruJun083104.jpg) Late afternoon sun behind a dry stone wall, Sillustani |
![Late afternoon sun behind a dry stone wall, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954848.AAuvRFUF.PeruJun083106.jpg) Late afternoon sun behind a dry stone wall, Sillustani |
![One of the best preserved Chullpa, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954850.Vdjv78qx.PeruJun083107.jpg) One of the best preserved Chullpa, Sillustani |
![One of the best preserved Chullpa, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954851.CPZ1WHDK.PeruJun083108.jpg) One of the best preserved Chullpa, Sillustani |
![One of the best preserved Chullpa, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954852.TL5frHY3.PeruJun083109.jpg) One of the best preserved Chullpa, Sillustani |
![The largest chullpa are 12m tall](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954853.PPFS2jQj.PeruJun083110.jpg) The largest chullpa are 12m tall |
![Chullpa, Sillustani - tombs of Colla nobility](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954854.LNcgIStZ.PeruJun083119.jpg) Chullpa, Sillustani - tombs of Colla nobility |
![Chullpa, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954855.m45QS2zv.PeruJun083121.jpg) Chullpa, Sillustani |
![Carving of a lizard on one of the chullpa of Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954856.Fl2ngoET.PeruJun083122.jpg) Carving of a lizard on one of the chullpa of Sillustani |
![Peek through to the interior through an eastern-facing opening](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954857.PsWBeuAn.PeruJun083125.jpg) Peek through to the interior through an eastern-facing opening |
![Chullpa, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954858.x19Wksmu.PeruJun083127.jpg) Chullpa, Sillustani |
![Chullpa, Sillustani](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954859.HP7C0Ve7.PeruJun083128.jpg) Chullpa, Sillustani |
![Bolivian license plate from La Paz](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954861.VkVNuDfe.PeruJun083130.jpg) Bolivian license plate from La Paz |
![Rough section of road along Lake Umayho](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954862.v4oWvPOT.PeruJun083131.jpg) Rough section of road along Lake Umayho |
![Friendly boy sitting in front of his family's home...we decided to stop...](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954803.0eOdUghw.PeruJun083037.jpg) Friendly boy sitting in front of his family's home...we decided to stop... |
![I tried to pinpoint the house on Google Earth but couldn't...leaving Sillustani, it's only a couple of km on the right hand side](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954863.HlkrOa5e.PeruJun083132.jpg) I tried to pinpoint the house on Google Earth but couldn't...leaving Sillustani, it's only a couple of km on the right hand side |
![The family operates the home as a guesthouse](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954864.3blqT3Iy.PeruJun083134.jpg) The family operates the home as a guesthouse |
![One of the rooms available for guests](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954865.6mtXXv49.PeruJun083136.jpg) One of the rooms available for guests |
![The main enclosure of the home](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954866.UsSvZiAL.PeruJun083137.jpg) The main enclosure of the home |
![The boy showing us traditional tools](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954867.ejB87TEs.PeruJun083138.jpg) The boy showing us traditional tools |
![Here, an tool to prepare the fields](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954868.GmgmB3cg.PeruJun083139.jpg) Here, an tool to prepare the fields |
![Traditional home near Sillustani operating as a guest house](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954869.5pwFLnCc.PeruJun083140.jpg) Traditional home near Sillustani operating as a guest house |
![Samples of traditional foods](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954870.SPNsep3i.PeruJun083141.jpg) Samples of traditional foods |
![Griding grain](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954871.w3uvqEua.PeruJun083143.jpg) Griding grain |
![The kitchen](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954872.p4nsJexn.PeruJun083144.jpg) The kitchen |
![Guinea pig](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954873.ZXqAWupU.PeruJun083145.jpg) Guinea pig |
![The guinea pigs have their own little thatched house](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954874.dbzfpFx0.PeruJun083146.jpg) The guinea pigs have their own little thatched house |
![I had guinea pigs as pets as a kid...couldn't see eating them](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954875.FgvFZDal.PeruJun083147.jpg) I had guinea pigs as pets as a kid...couldn't see eating them |
![Guestroom](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954877.682ruUw5.PeruJun083149.jpg) Guestroom |
![Arch leaving Acuncolla ont he Sillustani Road](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/100954879.tOVQTw4G.PeruJun083153.jpg) Arch leaving Acuncolla ont he Sillustani Road |