Portraits of Peru: A Continued Story

Street Portraits of Peru: A Continued Story

This is the second part of Street Portraits of Peru photo series. The portraits photographed at Aguas Calientes, Ollantaytambo, Puno, Sillustani, Taquile Island, and Uros floating island of Lake Titicaca in March 2013 during a trip to South America. Follow these links to see more photos from Chile and Peru. Click on image to view [...]

Downtown Atlanta Skyline

Atlanta Skyscrapers

As promised, I continue publishing my “Atlanta Chronicles”, the series of photographs taken in my second hometown Atlanta. Today I post a set of photos related to the tallest buildings of Atlanta, photos of Atlanta skyscrapers or taken from the skyscrapers. I start with one of my favorites, a photo of Atlantic Station neighborhood in [...]

Colorful Peru: Puno and Lake Titicaca

Colorful Peru: Puno and Lake Titicaca

During my Peruvian part of the South American trip I visited Puno, a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. By volume of water, Lake Titicaca is the largest lake on the continent. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world, with a surface elevation of 3,812 m [...]

Larcomar. Miraflores, Lima, Peru

Lima, Peru: Larcomar Under Fashionable Construction

In Lima, Peru I’ve stayed in Miraflores district, a few blocks from a famous Larcomar Mall built into the cliffside of the Pacific Ocean. Larcomar is a huge complex which has its own movie theater, bowling lanes, pool hall, and museum. Many Peruvian fashion designers have boutiques in Larcomar, and there are plenty of high-end [...]

Entrance to the Secret Chamber of Machu Picchu. Click on image to view without markings.

Incas Secret Chamber found at Machu Picchu (Photo Mapping)

My Inca Trail tour guide has told me a story about a secret chamber full of gold and silver treasures discovered under one of the houses at Machu Picchu’s urban site. He said that the chamber has not been opened yet and took me there for a “photo-check-mark” (see below). I had a funny feeling [...]

The Carter Center. Atlanta, Georgia

Rosalynn’s Flowers at Jimmy’s Center

My photo archive stores a variety of photos taken in Atlanta, Georgia, my current home town. Unfortunately, I do not publish them here at Memographer.com as much as I would love to… So, this is my attempt to fix the issue ;) In the beginning of April I visited The Carter Center, located on 37 [...]

Semana Santa - The Holy Week of Easter in Latin America

Semana Santa – The Holy Week of Easter in Latin America

Semana Santa, the Holy Week of Easter, is the most important Catholic religious festival in Latin America. It begins on Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday) through Jueves Santo (Maundy Thursday) and Viernes Santo (Good Friday), culminating in Pascua or Domingo de Resurrección (Easter Sunday). Semana Santa celebrates the last days of Christ’s life, the Crucifixion [...]

Llama at Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu – The Lost City of The Incas

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca site located in the Cusco Region of Peru, South America. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley. Often referred to as the “City of the Incas”, it is perhaps the most familiar icon of Inca civilization. Since the site was not known to the Spanish [...]

Mystery of Easter Island

Mystery of Easter Island

Dedicated to the 13th Anniversary of my Intercontinental travel. Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is an island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, which is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai. It is the most remote inhabited island in the world. The nearest continental point lies in central Chile, at 3,512 kilometres (2,182 mi). [...]

Santiago, Chile: Street Photographer’s Paradise

Santiago de Chile: Street Photographer’s Paradise

This is the third post of photos from my Street Photography Day in Santiago, Chile. Check out other posts here: Santiagueños – Santiago People and The Faces Of Santiago De Chile. Click on image to view full size.

Hiking Peru's Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

Inca Trail Photo Chronicles (Part 2)

The Inca Trail is the most famous trek in South America and is rated to be in the top 5 treks in the World. It combines beautiful mountain scenery, lush cloud-forest, subtropical jungle and incredible Inca ruins. The final destination of the trail is the mysterious Lost City of the Incas – Machu Picchu. This [...]

On My Shelves. My Travel Bring-back Collection. Season 6

On My Shelves. My Travel Bring-back Collection. Season 6

On My Shelves is my Instagram photo project – I take photos of stuff from my shelves using a phone camera and post them here in Travel Photo Journal (all items are related to my travels or photography). This is the sixth set of pictures. Click here to read about the project in its “pilot [...]

Chachabamba Ruins, Peru

Hiking Peru’s Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

There are several “official options” of trekking Inca Trail to Machu Picchu available from Cusco, Peru. The most popular are 4-Day “Classic Inca Trail“, 2-Day “Short Inca Trail” and 7-Day “Mollepata – Salkantay – Wayllabamba – Machu Picchu“. These treks are subject to Inca Trail regulations which require the presence of a licensed tour guide [...]