South America Photos 12 - Lares Valley and Machu Picchu

Home - 1 Buenos Aires - 2 Bariloche - 3 Buenos Aires - 4 Uruguay - 5 Eladio Dieste - 6 Cariló, Mataderos, Bs. As. - 7 Iguazú and San Ignacio - 8 Córdoba and Mendoza - 9 Cafayate - 10 Uyuni - 11 La Paz, Lake Titicaca - 12 Lares Valley, Machu Picchu - 13 Cusco, Pacific Coast - 14 Lima, flights home

South America Photos 12 - Lares Valley and Machu Picchu

Trek through the Lares Valley and visit to Machu Picchu. June 2008

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on the ride from Cusco to Lares

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Zach, our guide Maritza, Carolyn discussing altitudes, because the air is thin (obviously, Zach is the tallest)

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Already half way up the Lares Valley on the first day

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the camp at dusk

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he just received a pencil

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a hamlet near Huacahuasi

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approaching the pass the second day

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rest

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pretty pond

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kids even up here

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view almost from the top

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second camp

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according to custom, the colors and patterns on the girl's hat indicates that she is unmarried, we are told

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sunrise over Machu Picchu

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agricultural sector

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hello, we're climbing to Wayna Picchu!

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better hold on tight :)

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let him who is without vertigo lay the first stone...

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Machu Picchu from above

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on the peak of Wayna Picchu

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who could imagine laying a path here?

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Kim climbed high!

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the fabled Inca masonry

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terraces, llamas keep the grass short

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in the evening

Home - 1 Buenos Aires - 2 Bariloche - 3 Buenos Aires - 4 Uruguay - 5 Eladio Dieste - 6 Cariló, Mataderos, Bs. As. - 7 Iguazú and San Ignacio - 8 Córdoba and Mendoza - 9 Cafayate - 10 Uyuni - 11 La Paz, Lake Titicaca - 12 Lares Valley, Machu Picchu - 13 Cusco, Pacific Coast - 14 Lima, flights home

© 2008 Samuel P. Smith