Blood for gold

Photo essay: Peru & Ecuador

by Foad
07-Jan-2008
 

I was recently fortunate enough to take an 11-day trip to Peru and Ecuador. My visit to Peru was highlighted by a visit to Machu Picchu where the old Inca population had a horrendously bloody past. A generation of natives Incas were massacred by Spanish conquistadors for their gold and silver under the pretext of introducing Christianity (does it sound a little bit familiar?) to the natives. The visit to Ecuador was highlighted with a trip to the Galapagos archipelago. It is the birth place of Darwin's theory of evolution and subsequent publication of "On the Origin of Species"; a theory that has withstaood 150 years of scientific scrutiny.

I hope you enjoy this photo essay (forgive me not a professional photographer) as much as I did taking the pictures.

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Thank you

by Arshia (not verified) on

Just to thank you for nice pictures of Galapagos, and reminding us of Darvin.


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Merci for going to my

by Alesina (not verified) on

Merci for going to my beautiful country! We love Iran!


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thanks

by max (not verified) on

hey thanks for the pictures and the added comments. not sure which camera you used but a digital SLR by nikon or canon would do a nice job for future ;)


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Why were you there? to

by Anonymous11 (not verified) on

Why were you there? to convert the natives into mahdi's soldiers? Hope the Homeland Security is watching you...


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Very interesting!

by SL (not verified) on

Very interesting!


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I wish I had American

by Nima Aflaki (not verified) on

I wish I had American passport to be able to travel most of the world without getting into the hassle of visa application. I am traveling to South America at the end of January and still have problems with my Argentine visa. Believe me. It is not easy to get visas with Iranian passport. Anyways, I wish you had a great trip to South America....