Agua Caliente Peru

The tiny tourist driven town of Agua Caliente has changed since I visited about two years ago.  It is still cramped, too many people crammed into a very small valley under continual threat of seismic instability.  In terms of what will happen if there is an earthquake, disaster does not begin to describe the outcome.

On the other hand the locals all go about life with a lot of energy, and most of them appear to be happy in their tourist sector jobs.  The other thing to notice is that the divide between the tourist side and the local side has blurred even more, making for a better experience for me.

Another change is the statues now showing up on the tourist side.  I have not given a thorough look on the local side to see if there are some on that side as well, but here is a sample of the pieces I noticed.  Almost all of these pieces appear to have been carved in place.