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“Traveling through Peru, January 2011”
From Peru II, Cusco, Machu Picchu, & Lake Titicaca, posted by Arlo Midgett on 1/31/2011 (161 items)
- Best “free” hike in Cusco. Take a cab up to Tambomachy ($7 or so) and then hike down…
- Tambomachay
- Macro
- Scruffy
- Jaime’s ass.
- Sleepy village up and behind Tambomachay
- Pukapukara ruins
- Pukapukara ruins
- Adventure Man seeks adventure
- Walking stick?
- Creepy spider in a hole in the ground
- Our walk through the fields above Cusco
- Temple of the moon
- Hiking in the fields above Cusco
- On top of the Temple of the Moon
- Oksana sitting on the Temple of the Moon with Cusco behind her
- Spiky
- Q’enqo
- Sexy Woman
- Llama, alpaca, vicuña, or guanaco?
- Choclo con queso, yum!
- Saqsaywaman
- Saqsaywaman stonework
- Saqsaywaman repairs
- Cusco’s Plaza de Armas from Saqsaywaman
- Saqsaywaman portal
- Saqsaywaman
- Cusco street
- Cusco street
- In the Museum of Contemporary Art
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Museum of Historico Regional something-or-other
- Cusco cathedral
- Qoricancha
- The worst example of taxidermy I have ever seen. Note the rebar. (inside Inka Pachac…
- Cusco streets
- Inka Pachacutec
- I’m pretty sure they’re in violation of some seat belt laws…
- Tipón
- Tipón fountains
- Pikillaqta outer wall
- Pikillaqta ruins
- Pikillaqta walls
- Pikillaqta walls
- Pisac market
- Choclo
- Ashamed to say that it took me four visits to Peru for me to realize the similarities…
- Cuy con papas, Pisac market
- Awesome drainage, Pisac
- Pisac market
- Pisac market
- Pisac market We bought coca leaves from this woman, that’s why I felt comfortable eno…
- Pisac ruins
- Pisac ruins and terraces
- Pisac door latch
- Pisac terraces and stairs
- Pisac curved stonework
- Pisac ruins
- Pisac: Can you guess where the market is?
- Traditional dancers, Cusco
- Traditional dancers, Cusco
- Qoricancha at night
- Cusco Plaza de Armas at night
- Standing in an Ollantaytambo portal
- Peru needs more of these signs
- Ollantaytambo stonework
- The giant stone blocks of the Ollantaytambo ruins, somehow transported from a quarry …
- Ollantaytambo ruins from above
- Ollantaytambo terraces
- These fountain perspective shots maybe become a thing.
- See what I mean?
- I hear this place has mainly good food…
- On the train to Aguas Calientes
- The “Vistadome™” PeruRail Experience! It’s like Thunderdome, only with a better vie…
- The line to get into Machu Picchu at 6am (Perhaps it’d be more apt to say: The line t…
- Machu Picchu in none of its glory
- Temple of the Sun in the clouds, Machu Picchu
- Machu Picchu in the clouds
- Temple of the Sun in the clouds, Machu Picchu
- Starting up Huayna Picchu before the clouds cleared
- Our Russian hiking group made good time
- A cheer went up from the top of Huayna Picchu when the clouds finally parted so we co…
- From the top of Huayna Picchu, looking down on Machu Picchu
- From the top of Huayna Picchu, looking down on Machu Picchu
- You can never have too many “Posing with Huayna Picchu/Machu Picchu” photos!
- Machu Picchu from Huayna Picchu
- Machu Picchu from Huayna Picchu
- Group picture on Huayna Picchu
- Andrey over Machu Picchu
- Hiking down Huayna Picchu
- Goofin’ off
- Urubamba River below Machu Picchu
- Llama in the rain
- Llama sneezing
- Checking each other out
- Hover llama
- Vizcacha
- Avatar, anyone?
- Machu Picchu with clouds obscuring Huayna Picchu
- The Classic Machu Picchu View
- I should dig up all the pictures of me in front of Machu Picchu for the four times I’…
- Classic view with a bit more sun
- Kuzco
- Baby llama chillin’
- Llama closeup
- Whoa, he went for some tongue!
- Payback
- Scratchies
- At the top of Montaña Machu Picchu
- The view from Montaña Machu Picchu
- The view from Montaña Machu Picchu, Huayna Picchu poking out
- Climbing down from Montaña Machu Picchu
- Climbing down from Montaña Machu Picchu
- Climbing down from Montaña Machu Picchu
- Inca Bridge below cliffs
- Inca Bridge below cliffs
- Misty Machu Picchu
- Another classic viewpoint
- Oksana enjoying Machu Picchu
- Handstand
- Machu Picchu tried to take my camera out again this year, but I took the blow on my a…
- Sleep Chinchero street scene
- Sleepy Chinchero street with awesome drainage
- Chinchero Stonework
- Chinchero square
- Idols on a roof in Chinchero
- Moray terraces Much bigger than I expected it to be!
- Moray terraces and stairs
- Moray terraces
- Moray self portrait Nope, that arm reflected in my glasses isn’t distracting at all
- Las Salinas de Maras Salt mines
- Las Salinas de Maras Salt mines
- Oksana at Las Salinas de Maras Salt mines
- Las Salinas de Maras, closeup Salt mines
- Las Salinas de Maras, extreme closeup Salt mines
- Ollantaytambo street scene
- Sunset on ruins and mountain, Ollantaytambo
- Sunset over Ollantaytambo
- There were 22 people in this mini-van, including two uncomfortable Alaskans.
- Driving through the beautiful altiplano between Cusco and Lake Titicaca
- on Lake Titicaca
- Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca
- Singing a farewell song
- Lookout tower
- Fourth time on Lake Titicaca
- Reed boat
- El Presidente
- “Visit our bird museum!”
- Welcome sign
- Reed boat receeding
- Self portrait, Los Uros
- Making ends meet
- Family time
- Try to say, “Store boat” three times fast.
- Taking time to braid her hair
- Los Uros with Puno behind
- Lunch break
- Gathering reeds
- Catamaran
- The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca
- Celebrations ramping up in Puno (Candelaria)
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