Showing posts with label South America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South America. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Cartagena-A gorgeous fishing village

A gorgeous fishing village on Colombia's Caribbean coast, Cartagena is a veritable treasure trove of colonial architecture and 17th-century forts. Let's have a look for this....

Location:South America.Columbia
The city was one of the first sanctuaries of freed African slaves in the Americas and is currently populated by an ethnic mix representative of Colombia's own variety. Cartagena, located on Colombia's northern coast and facing the Caribbean Sea, is the most visited city in the country by tourists.


Islas del Rosario
Steps of La Popa mount
Las Bóvedas
Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas
India Catalina
Palace of the Inquisition
Cartagena's cathedral tower, in the old town
Cartagena walls

The next romance cities will be ---LUXOR--- let's go !!

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Machu Picchu-Ancient Inca city

Location:South America. Peru

Machu Picchu is the site of an ancient Inca city, high in the Andes of Peru. It is also referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", is the one of the most familiar symbols of the Incas Empire, and is one of the most famous and spectacular sets of ruins on the world--a visit to Peru would not be complete without it.
The ruins viewed from the Guardian's Hut

Temple of the Sun

Intihuatana

Residential-Section-of-Machu-Picchu

Trapezoids Just Outside of Machu Picchu

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