 The Inca Trail starts at the Urubamba River. Isn't Mt Veronica cool? |
 Guess who? |
 The Llactapata fortress guards the fork where the Inca Trail turns away from the river |
 The young pioneers at Llactapata |
 A local mother-son canine team greet our fellow travelers at rest |
 Bromeliads |
 Are we there yet? |
 Chief Human Resourses Officer, with the snows on Mt. Veronica in the distance |
 Randi's turn with Mt. Veronica |
 How many llamas can you find in this picture? |
 Live woman at Dead Woman's Pass (4,200m -- the highest point on the Inca Trail) |
 Yakov made it too |
 Just hangin' -- at 4200 m. Latte anyone? |
 Sayacmarca - "The Hidden Town." We found it. |
 Conchamarca, an Inca guesthouse at the entrance to the cloud forest on the way to Machu Picchu |
 Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura |
 Nature guards Incas' secrets |
 Real Inca stones. Real Randi. |
 Phuyupatamarca -- "Town in the Clouds." |
 Waiting for sunrise at the Sun Gate -- the entrance to Machu Picchu from the Inca Trail. |
 A first glimpse of Machu Picchu |
 Ahh ... This is what the fuss is all about |
 Proving that we made it |
 The Swedes, Frederick and Sofia, proving that they've made it |
 One more click before we go down to explore the city |
 Machu Picchu is laid out in 3D, in the form of a mythical condor |
 Trying to figure out the zoning regulations |
 Picture 3 |
 The Temple of Three Windows |
 The inner courtyards |
 Using a mikve (an Inca ritual bath) |
 The bath water cascades to the 15 mikvaot below |
 Llamas on the terraces within the city |
 Greetings from Machu Picchu! |
 Terraces outside |
 A look down into Urubamba valley. Can you see the train down there? |
 The guy who discovered it all. |