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Peru Index 1 ~ 2 ~ 3
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Page 1: Overview
/ Cuzco / The
Wari
People / Inca Conquest / Moray
/ Salt Pans at Salinas / Lares
Trek / Fujimori, Toledo, &
the Economy
Page 2 (this page): Inca Trail to Machu
Picchu
~ Page 3: Cordillera Blanca:
Trekking
Season & Climate / Chavin
/ Santa Cruz Trek / Inca
Legacies
Page 4: Cordillera Huayhuash:
Altitude
Acclimatization / Climate/ Touching
the Void / Amazon
Source

Left: Vertical image #03PER-15-29-MachuPicchu.

Above: I stitched this Machu Picchu stairway panorama from 3 images.
Left: Patches of sun spotlight Machu Picchu, as seen
from atop Huayna Picchu.

Above: A Ladyslipper Orchid grows at the Pueblo
Hotel gardens in Aguas Calientes, Peru.
Below: A wild Begonia flower blooms
on the Inca Trail at Machu Picchu.

Below: Machu Picchu spotlit, as seen
from atop Huayna Picchu (which is climbed via a very steep &
exposed stairway).


Left; Hummingbirds of Peru.
Below: Slipperwort, or Snapdragon (calceolaria crenata) grows along the Inca
Trail at Machu Picchu.

Left: #03PER-15-29-MachuPicchu.

Left: Restored Inca bridge on an unused portion of the Inca Trail at
Machu
Picchu.
Below right: exploring a corridor
in the restored ruins of Machu Picchu:
Below: Terraces march up the flanks of Machu Picchu.


Above: I stitched this Machu Picchu panorama from 7 photos by my wife Carol Dempsey.
Below: The Machu Picchu train makes a stop at Aguas
Calientes.


Left: The Inca Trail began for us at this bridge over the Urubamba River
(7700 feet elevation) at railroad kilometer 82.
Below: A porter lugs a heavy load up the Inca Trail.

Left: Mo feels in high spirits at Dead Woman's Pass (13,770 feet).
Below: Our group poses for a portrait on Dead Woman's Pass (at 13,770 feet elevation) on the Inca Trail.



Left: Our multi-talented guide Wilbert attracted us higher with his
Andean
flute. He played several more instruments, spoke eight languages, earned a
Ph.D. in Anthropology from a Peruvian university, and had a playful
sense
of humor.
Below: The spines of this alpine plant discourage hungry beasts.


Above: Our Peruvian support team poses at our third and last camp
on the Inca Trail, in the ruins of Intipata: 22 porters, 2 cooks, and 2
guides supported our group of 12 trekkers. They thanked us for the
work,
all the more sincerely due to current high unemployment in Peru. Our
guide
Wilbert translated their native Quechua language for us.
Above: Stalls sell colorful rugs in the village of Aguas Calientes, located on the Machu Picchu Railway line.

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Peru Index 1 ~ 2 ~ 3
~ 4
:
Page 1: Overview
/ Cuzco / The
Wari
People / Inca Conquest / Moray
/ Salt Pans at Salinas / Lares
Trek / Fujimori, Toledo, &
the Economy
Page 2 (this page): Inca Trail to Machu
Picchu
~ Page 3: Cordillera Blanca:
Trekking
Season & Climate / Chavin
/ Santa Cruz Trek / Inca
Legacies
Page 4: Cordillera Huayhuash:
Altitude
Acclimatization / Climate/ Touching
the Void / Amazon
Source