We flew through Lima up into the Andes to Cusco, the gateway to Machu Picchu.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Views of the streets of Cusco, elevation 12,000 feet, the Inca capital
We flew through Lima up into the Andes to Cusco, the gateway to Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu
After a 3-hour train ride from Cusco (the only way to get to Aguas Calientes, the town at the foot of Machu Picchu), and a 20-minute bus ride switching back and forth on an unpaved road up the side of the mountain, here we are looking across Machu Picchu to Huayna Picchu, the sugarloaf shaped mountain alongside, which has temples at the very top (only 400 people a day are allowed to climb up the hair-raising path to the top of Huayna Picchu--a number that didn't include us).
More at Machu Picchu
The top two images are the so-called "Temple of the Condor," one of the few remaining representational carvings remaining (though whether it was intended to represent a condor is open to some question).
Monday, May 4, 2009
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