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Photo of the Day: Girl with pigeons, Arequipa
Girl feeding pigeons in Plaza de Armas, Arequipa / photo c. Jorge Vera 2008 Arequipa, the White City rimmed by volcanic mountains home to cloistered nuns, virgin sacrifices & this sombre girl in the Plaza de Armas feeding pigeons from her fingertips. — Barbara R. Drake
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Arequipa Wedding Guest
In March, El Fotografo, El Hijo and I went to a wedding in Arequipa, an old colonial city in southern Peru. The wedding reception was held at a sort of an ecological/conservation site, which included a mini farm with typical Peruvian animals: llamas, alpacas, sheep and a lone vicuna. There were about 250 people at the wedding, and when you got tired of being with them, you could head out back to hang out with animals. Most of them were friendly, except for the vicuna, who was high-strung and had a pen all to himself and liked to spit at people. This photo is either of a llama or an alpaca: the…



