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Travel Peru : Exploring Andean Culture in the unknown Andes (and a bit of the jungle)

Travel Peru : Exploring Andean Culture in the unknown Andes (and a bit of the jungle)

How great it feels to be out exploring for the purpose of photography again! Peru is so incredible and so unique in this regard. The geographical diversity is like nowhere I’ve been, but above all, the Andean people and their culture… What I regularly see here is special.

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Back Into the Andes!

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Back Into the Andes!

If you’re in Peru and you want to truly enjoy nature, to have fun in it – the jungle without a doubt is where it’s at. We had some great family bonding moments here. In a jungle hot spring pool, Mia learned to swim. We made new friends, visited countless waterfalls, and swam some more.

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Further into the jungle

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Further into the jungle

The jungle area of Peru is very different from the mostly desert coast. The distances between settlements are much shorter. There’s so much fascinating diverse geography – lakes, rivers, forest reserves…

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From the coast for the jungle!

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From the coast for the jungle!

I’d already been to many regions in Peru, but, I still had not really spent time in the jungle. So… that’s what I wanted to do. It’s what my family wanted to do after spending almost two months by the coast.

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The wild, the amazing & the forgotten coastline of Peru

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The wild, the amazing & the forgotten coastline of Peru

Much of the Pan-American Highway in Northern Peru is incredibly unexciting. Straight for tens of kilometers, it weaves its way through farms, desert, and some non-descript villages. But, mostly, it’s desert, and not the spectacular type, with huge sand dunes.

Yearning to be on the road again

Yearning to be on the road again

How great it was to be traveling through Peru by car. The roads go through some of the most spectacular landscapes on the planet. Along the roads, the more remote ones, you meet fascinating people who seem to belong to a different world and a different time.

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A short film - Along These Roads

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A short film - Along These Roads

I’ve always believed that you make photos and films about those things which you care about most. So the first short film I felt compelled to make is about those aspects of life which matter most to me - travel and family.

All images text and ideas © Mitchell Kanashkevich 2017

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