 Flight from Houston to Lima (5.5 hrs) |
 Alfresco Restaurant - Miraflores District Lima |
 Pacific Ocean shoreline |
 Fishing Boat |
 Islands off Lima, Peru |
 El Fronton Island abandoned prison |
 Los Pantanos De Villa Marsh |
 Tambopata River -Amazonian rainforest |
 Tambopata River |
 Motorized Canoe |
 Amazonas Lodge boat dock |
 Amazonas Lodge entrance |
 Amazonas Lodge room |
 Amazonas Lodge |
 Amazonas Lodge Canopy Tower |
 Canopy Tower |
 Tambopata River & tower view |
 Oxbow Lake |
 Paul & tree sp. |
 TRC |
 Entrance TRC |
 Entrance seating TRC |
 TRC covered, raised walkways |
 Walkway to rooms |
 Dining area TRC |
 TRC Bedroom |
 Old City Gate - Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire |
 Cusco.JPG |
 Plaza de Armas - Cusco |
 Inca Trail street stone |
 Cusco Market - where locals buy their food |
 Cusco Market |
 Cusco Market |
 Santo Domingo Convent - Cusco |
 Santo Domingo Convent - Cusco |
 Inca stonework - SDC |
 Cusco overlook |
 Cusco overlook of main square |
 Lama & alpaca farm |
 House blessing figurines |
 14 Inca Rulers - Saqsaywaman ceremonial site |
 Saqsaywaman cerimonoal site |
 Stonework - (stone weighs close to a ton) Saqsaywaman |
 Jaguar paw stonework - Saqsaywaman |
 Marsh outside Cusco |
 Lake Huacarpay - outside Cusco |
 Pisac - Sacred Valley |
 Pisac royal home - Sacred Valley |
 Terraces Pisac - Sacred Valley |
 Guinea Pig - delicacy Sacred Valley |
 Entering Manu Road |
 Sheep being herded at high elevation - Andean Mtns |
 Andean Mtns treeline |
 Native dress |
 Paucartambo town just outside of Manu National Park |
 The Manu road is carved out of the mountains. |
 Manu National Park |
 Manu Road - winding hairpin turns, mostly one lane |
 Above treeline - Andean Mtns |
 Birding the Manu road |
 Hydro electric is Peru's main power source |
 Waterfalls are common along the Manu Road |
 Cock of the Rock Lodge at 5,200 ft elevation |
 Cock of the Rock - my cabin with solar lights & restroom with hot shower (instantaneous hot water heater) |
 Dining hall Cock of the Rock Lodge overlooking the bird feeders to the right |
 Lori (taxi) along rainforest valley road east of Cock of the Rock Lodge |
 Mirador Pico De Hoz (wonderful family run Nature center) |
 Mirador Pico De Hoz (many hummingbird feeders) |
 My English travel companions at Mirador Pico De Hoz |
 Chullpa de Ninamarca funerary tombs on the mountain top. The wind and birds carried the person's soul to the next life. |
 Our traveling bus |
 Tunupa Lodge - Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley |
 Tunupa Lodge - terracing and mountain runoff channels of water seen at base of wall. |
 My balcony - Tunupa Lodge Ollantaytambo - Sacred Valley |
 Inca ruins - Ollantaytambo |
 Views from the lodge - Ollantaytambo |
 PeruRail - Ollantaytambo |
 PeruRail accomodations |
 Sacred Valley views from the train |
 View of hydroelectric plant - Sacred Valley |
 Inca Trail Porter - Sacred Valley |
 Machu Picchu Village near the base of Machu Picchu |
 Inkaterra Restaurant & lodge was our lodging. Excellent accomodations! |
 Inkaterra walkway diverting mountain water in unique way |
 Inkaterra Lodge - my room was amazing. |
 Inca Trail - Machu Picchu |
 Hiking Machu Picchu high above. Many stairs to climb |
 View of Machu Picchu |
 Entry Door David - Machu Picchu.JPG |
 Machu Picchu |
 Machu Picchu |
 One family home - Machu Picchu |
 Thatched roof - MP |
 She hiked to the top. It was a haul - Machu Picchu |
 Fellow NatureTrek explorers - Machu Picchu |