Of Course, I Would Tip These Girls for a Photo!
It started in Arequipa. From there to Puno and Cusco, I would run into pairs of girls in indigenous costume cradling either a baby lamb (most often) or a llama. In Cusco, there was an elderly grandmother with a llama. Each time, I was grateful to tip them 10 or 20 soles for a picture—knowing full well that I was being used. So what! It was an easy way for indigenous women and their daughters to make some easy money, and I didn’t mind. (The only people who minded were the women who were trying to sell their handicrafts to the tourists—but I bought from them, too!)
This Woman in Chivay Had a Lamb and a Llama
Finally, here’s the old woman with the llama in Cusco. She was so sweet that she felt uncomfortable talking about money at all. I gave her 20 soles anyhow. She looked like she could use it:
Okay, So I’m a Big Chump
I look at it this way: The Spanish Conquistadores ripped off the poor campesinos of Peru, stealing their labor, their lives, and what little they had for themselves. Do I feel ripped off? Not a bit!
Tarnmoor 
What great photos, Jim! You know how it’s sort of a joke that people and their dogs begin to look alike over the years. I love how in the last two photos, the women and their llamas are looking in the same direction and seem to have the same facial expressions.
The indigenous peoples of the Andes do not smile, as a rule — at least that’s true of the adults. Kids are kids the world over.