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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 our...

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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 course...

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Uploaded on Jun 15, 2008

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This is from the paths through the small patch of cloud forest behind the lodge we stayed at near the...

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This little fellow was one of a number of lizards, all the same species, who scamper to and fro within...

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Uploaded on Jun 15, 2008

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Looking back down on Machu Picchu from the Sun Gate after two hours of pleasant hiking, the lost city...

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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 one...

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Uploaded on May 28, 2008

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This is much the same view, only this time a little closer and from a flatter perspective. Here you can...

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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 given to...

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Uploaded on May 28, 2008

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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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Of thought? Of particle physics? No, in this case, just two schools of fish (the silvery kind and the...

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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 high...

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Uploaded on May 14, 2008

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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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This, quite simply, is one of the most stunning pieces of stonework I've ever seen. And trust me, I've...

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Uploaded on May 14, 2008

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I love a wall solid enough to stay standing even with a delightful tracery of green sprouting from the...

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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 nice...

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Uploaded on May 14, 2008

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This was the view before we started hiking of a small Inca outpost at the top of a rather sheer-sided...

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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 small collection of...

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Uploaded on Apr 2, 2008

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