Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail

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We're off	Peter crossing the Rio Urubamba	Along the Sacred Valley	A welcome rest at the top of the hill
Down below - Wayna Quente Llactapata	Locals pass on horseback	They said they accepted Visa!	Peter at Wayllabamba
View from our first camp	Football at 3000m - gasp	Corn & maize drying	Maize & corn drying
A blessing to Pachamama	Tiny trekkers on the Inca Trail	Looking back at our first campsite	A snack stop
Drinks, chocolate & knitting	Peter enjoying the view	Little porters and big loads	Jackie's bum - please view using the small size of photo
The final steps to Dead Woman's Pass	Dead Woman's Pass - we made it	Watching others climbing up	The trail down on the other side
Group photo at DWP	Another group photo	Highest pass on Inca Trail - 4215m	A well "paved" part of the trail
Our second camp - Pacaymayo	Landslides are common - a wooden bridge helps out	Stonework at Runquracay	Runquracay
Looking down on the 2nd campsite	Jackie above the camp	Tiny trekkers climbing up	Runquracay
Tiny but strong porters racing upwards	Snow capped mountains and deep green valleys	Sayacmarca	Trapezoidal window
Sayacmarca	The trail to Sayacmarca	On top of the world	Sitting at cloud level
Flora amongst the stonework	Great stonework	Small Inca ruin	Down the valley
Sayacmarca	A welcome flat bit	Through the high jungle	Inca tunnel
Inca moss tunnel	Our porters having a well deserved break	Inca terracing through the clouds	Inca ruins
Water courses still working today	Phuyupatamarca	Phuyupatamarca	Red "moss" topped Inca building
Those Inca stairs are great for the knees - NOT	Winaywayna	Winaywayna	Our cook always entertained us
Three little backpackers	Saying farewell to our porters	Our first glimpse of Machu Picchu	Inti Punku (sungate) busy at 6am
Machu Picchu's twisty road - from the sun gate	View from the Caretaker's hut	Can you tell we're happy to be here	The sun has not fully risen yet
Here it comes...	...through the mountains...	... to shine on the "sundial"...	... and all of the city
Jackie just hanging around	<< Machu ...	... Picchu >>	Our group
How the buildings would have looked with roofs	Buildings clinging to the hillside	Walking along the agricultural terraces	Llama poses for us
Waterways	Ruins and Jackie	Looking up to the caretaker's hut	Temple of the Sun
Looking towards Huayna Picchu	Temple of the Sun	Some of the rocks are huge	In the middle is the quarry
Intihuatana	Solid terracing	Industrial Sector	Stone "jutts" where the roof would be tied on
We know, we took a lot of photos!	Down to the Rio Urubamba	Trapezoidal doorway	Inti Punku - Sun Gate
Trail back to the sun gate	Funerary Rock & Inca Trail	Peter just absorbing the scene	One last door and stairway
Jackie & a little friend	The train back to Cuzco

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