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Thank you Triple J!  We're still beating the drum   Below you will find photos from the first part of our trip, from California, Mexico, Toronto, Niagra Falls, New York, Ecuador and Peru.  17/04/05 - 14/06/05 Keep checking back and more photos will be forthcoming and see our other pages for our take on the four festivals we went to (and still have to go to!) Friendly Qantas Staff (photo taken by another friendly and helpful Qantas staffmember!) Cathedral Mexico City Teotihuacan - view of sun temple from atop moon temple A Joshua Tree, A Shannon and A Cookie (of the non-crumbly variety) (photo taken by Jacko or Alicia) Proud Aussie Boys Newly done dreadlocks in Toronto Oh, pretty maid of the mist at Niagra Falls! Bjork, Meredith Monk and an awestruck Shannon Aussie Made through and through Gate to Mecca of Contemporary Dance (Martha Graham Dance School) Statue of Liberty - Poxy, povo us, took the free ferry to Staten Island and back Main Studio Merce Cunningham School (with great city views I might add) Times Square People, probably mostly tourists, in Time Square Lovely Greenwich Village For Frith Boating in Quito with beautiful surrounds Jacko and Alicia Cookie making it look so easy! Shoe shining (and acosting) urchins Main window in the Basillica in Quito The Virgin Mary from the Basillica Happy travellers! In different hemispheres (photo taken by Alicia)   Smiling faces (despite much poverty) at a preschool just outside Otavalo Cheeky child from the markets Otavalo craftisan carding wool His wife, who spins the wool Traditional dress in the Otavalo region Traditional loom carpet weaving Coming back into Quito A great place to play cards (Huanchaco) Our Naylamp campsite Huanchaco Enrique's pet tortoise Surfing Mecca Chicama view from hostel Oh, so so many waves Sunset over Cookie and Chicama   The fountain Plaza de Armes Cusco (Cathedral in the background) Our second day in Cusco we encountered a giant march past in front of the Cathedral Happy marching girls Marching boys    Triple J Beat the Drum entry Cusco Style? Overlooking Cusco Reflected kiss Up early ready for Machu Picchu! The mountains around Machu Picchu Machu Picchu before the sunrise Here comes the sun                  Classic postcard shot of Machu Picchu and Waynapicchu First sun hits Machu Picchu A view through a window High quality incan temple stonework Incan Cross The way the cross can be worn as a pendant A messy bit of carving? No, actually a clever outline Incan sundial Another clever carving, the energy rock View from half way up Waynapicchu View from two thirds up Waynapicchu An incan tunnel near the top of Waynapicchu The view from the top! Cookie and Machu Picchu Steps to get down from the top of Waynapicchu Same steps looking up from the bottom, very steep Llamas on patrol Incan use of existing stone Colour on Machu Picchu We climbed it! Children in traditional costume Old lady weaving off a light pole on the side of the road First view of Pisaq terraces Old Pisaq overlooking the new Pisaq terraces and fort (in background) This was how they ran up and down the terraces! The holes dotting the side of the hill are incan tombs Us under an archway that is on the side of a hill at Pisaq An incan tunnel at Pisaq The temple area Pisaq Example of the Incan cross at Pisaq Lookout tower we scrambled down the hill past!

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