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Stacked
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Inca Market- scarves/shawls made from Alpaca wool.
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Little Alpacas
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Beady
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No Parking- In Spanish of course and in the middle of nowhere
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Testing my telephoto lenses
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Macro #2
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Macro #3
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Porters getting ready to carry our stuff up the mountains. They run these mountains from age 18 to 60 with a smile across their faces. And of course, with 20 kgs on their backs, they manage to beat us to all of our campsites, each day.
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First glimpse of the Andes
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More Green
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One of the first Inca ruins. The rest of day 1 was spent in trying to catch my breath, too lazy to take my camera out of the case.
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Head porter- saved my life (literally) on the last day when he lent his poncho in the rain when mine tore. Best Christmas gift ever.
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Camera shy
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Our awesome tour guide Isais, who made every moment enjoyable. Llama Llama LLama!!
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Into the Blue
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Like a dream
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After a long journey through steep, slippery steps, hoping with each step that I wouldn't slip and fall, I finally reached a lush green trail that would help finish day 2.
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Hello Deerie!
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Near our campsite on day2, the sound of the water was loud enough to keep me up for some part of the night.
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Agua and flora
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Ruin #2
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Closer
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The Inca's used a method of storing potatoes (a part of their staple diet) that consisted of dehydrating them and putting them back in water to make it edible. This allowed them to store it for long periods of time.
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On day 3, the trail started to border on the Amazon, lush green vegetation. If you were hiking alone (like I was at some parts), you could hear insects and animals all around you.
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We finally reached Machu Pichu
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It started to get busy later in the morning when tourists (who take the train up) started coming in from Aguas Calientes.
