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Glowing Hills
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Out of the Valley
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This shot was taken on the train
ride out from Machu Picchu back
to Cuzco. You can see the shadow
of ...
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Uploaded on Jun 15, 2008
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After our winding car-based
journey up the sacred valley,
poking our noses in everywhere
over the ...
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Forest Path
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Andean Lizard
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This is from the paths through
the small patch of cloud forest
behind the lodge we stayed at
near ...
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Uploaded on Jun 15, 2008
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This little fellow was one of a
number of lizards, all the same
species, who scamper to and ...
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Sky, Mountains, City
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Over Machu Picchu
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Looking back down on Machu
Picchu from the Sun Gate after
two hours of pleasant hiking,
the lost ...
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Uploaded on Jun 15, 2008
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This is the view from a short
way above the site, hiking
towards the Dawn Gate. If I had
to pick the ...
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Uploaded on May 28, 2008
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Before Machu Picchu
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Terraces over Space
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This is much the same view, only
this time a little closer and
from a flatter perspective. Here
you ...
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Uploaded on May 28, 2008
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For all the attention paid to
the awesome construction of the
city itself, not enough credit
is ...
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Uploaded on May 28, 2008
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Tenzing Scales Machu Picchu
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Pack Monkey Returned to Jungle Home
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My faithful traveling companion,
the pack monkey Tenzing, has
successfully scaled another
summit; in ...
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Uploaded on May 24, 2008
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I was most delighted to allow
Tenzing, my pack monkey, to
return however briefly to his
jungle home. ...
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Uploaded on May 24, 2008
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Two Schools
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Terraced Slopes
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Of thought? Of particle physics?
No, in this case, just two
schools of fish (the silvery
kind and ...
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Uploaded on May 14, 2008
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I chose this picture for the
sense of scale of the Inca
terraces it gives. One can
really see how ...
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Staircase
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Perfect Match
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Some careless Inca architect
clearly forgot to install
handrails, as the side of that
path drops off ...
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Uploaded on May 14, 2008
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This, quite simply, is one of
the most stunning pieces of
stonework I've ever seen. And
trust me, ...
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Uploaded on May 14, 2008
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Greening the Wall
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Ruins from Above
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I love a wall solid enough to
stay standing even with a
delightful tracery of green
sprouting from ...
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Uploaded on May 14, 2008
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This is the view looking down
from one high patch of ruins
onto another, lower down. It
gives one a ...
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Uploaded on May 14, 2008
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Looking up
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Down the Sacred Valley
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This was the view before we
started hiking of a small Inca
outpost at the top of a ...
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Uploaded on Apr 2, 2008
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The view down the sacred valley
from far up a hillside at one
end. You can see the a ...
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