Peru & Machu Picchu
First view of the Sacred Valley
First lunch in the middle of nowhere.
Town market
Merchants in the market
Sol y Luna resort
Ollantaytambo
Ollantaytambo, Kipu. Used as a record keeper. Knots and the turns in the knots represent numbers in decimal form. Each color and string represents something else.
Ollantaytambo
Peruvian Folklore Performance at Sol y Luna resort
Machu Pichu mountain
Thin air - 11,000 feet of elevation
Adobe brick stacks and agricultural terraces on the mountain.
One of seven hundred varieties of Peruvian corn
Sol y Luna resort
Sol y Luna resort
Ollantaytambo - See the precision for which the Inca are famous
Actual Kipu on display
Ollantaytambo
Noemi customizing Marge's poncho.
Peruvian Folklore Performance at Sol y Luna resort
Welcome to Machu Pichu
Stone eyelets were used to secure the roof
The Sun Gate, or as locals call it, The Cloud Gate. 1000 ft climb from hotel on 1.9 mile trail.
Jagged peaks like these are common.
Moray
Grains and beans for sale in the market
Our room at the Sol y Luna resort
Sol y Luna resort
Ollantaytambo
Ollantaytambo, Huge Storage vessels.
Ollantaytambo - We hiked the black line trail
Hacienda. Noemi and Marge with the finished poncho.
Peru rail to Machu Picchu. Line for shuttle.
Unrestored ruins
First lunch stop, in the middle of nowhere.
Creating adobe blocks
Sol y Luna resort - Photograph by Micah G.
Ollantaytambo
Ollantaytambo - our guide, Ernesto
Ollantaytambo
Casa Hacienda Huayoccari - Tradfitional weaving exhibition
Peruvian Folklore Performance at Sol y Luna resort
Parade ground
