The final day - time for us to reach the prize, Machu Picchu. We woke up at 4:30 am for a delicious breakfast of cake.
When we reached the magical Sun Gate, Intipunku, where you can watch the sunrise over Machu Picchu - we were greeted with the thickest fog of our entire trek. We could barely see the Sun Gate in front of us let alone the great Machu Picchu.
I decided to get close to this llama, for a shot. He jerked his head towards me while I was posing, and scared the hell out of me (please remember that it was very early in the morning).
With Machu Picchu being covered in so much fog I decided to make the most of it by stepping out on this steep ledge and shouting at the gods to bring the sunshine.
The fog began to slowly dissipate, and we took a group photo.
Lucky for us at about 8 am the clouds went home, and we had sunshine and Machu Picchu for the rest of the day.
Agricultural terraces used for experimentation with various crops.
Amazing plumbing cut right into the rock used to fill and drain the multiple ceremonial baths.
Temple of the Sun, Machu Picchu´s only round building used for astronomical purposes.
Royal Palace
Freddy, showing how the Inca´s ingeniously split boulders to create their building blocks. If you look closely you can see where they inserted pieces of wood, and then soaked the wood in water until the expanding wood cracked the rock.
Central Plaza, filled with the luckiest llamas in Peru - they get to lounge and munch on the greenest grass all day.
The Intihuatana, used by Incan astronomers to predict the solstices. A few years back, the Intihuatana was featured in a beer commercial. Sadly, during the filming a piece of camera equipment fell onto the Intihuatana and chipped a large piece off of it.
Two crias (baby llamas)
I climbed up to the top of Wayna Picchu, the peak behind Machu Picchu. From the top you can easily see that Machu Picchu is shaped like a condor.
A bad place to slip.
Don´t lean back too far.
Going for a dive.
When we reached the magical Sun Gate, Intipunku, where you can watch the sunrise over Machu Picchu - we were greeted with the thickest fog of our entire trek. We could barely see the Sun Gate in front of us let alone the great Machu Picchu.I decided to get close to this llama, for a shot. He jerked his head towards me while I was posing, and scared the hell out of me (please remember that it was very early in the morning).
With Machu Picchu being covered in so much fog I decided to make the most of it by stepping out on this steep ledge and shouting at the gods to bring the sunshine.
The fog began to slowly dissipate, and we took a group photo.
Lucky for us at about 8 am the clouds went home, and we had sunshine and Machu Picchu for the rest of the day.
Agricultural terraces used for experimentation with various crops.
Amazing plumbing cut right into the rock used to fill and drain the multiple ceremonial baths.
Temple of the Sun, Machu Picchu´s only round building used for astronomical purposes.
Royal Palace
Freddy, showing how the Inca´s ingeniously split boulders to create their building blocks. If you look closely you can see where they inserted pieces of wood, and then soaked the wood in water until the expanding wood cracked the rock.
Central Plaza, filled with the luckiest llamas in Peru - they get to lounge and munch on the greenest grass all day.
The Intihuatana, used by Incan astronomers to predict the solstices. A few years back, the Intihuatana was featured in a beer commercial. Sadly, during the filming a piece of camera equipment fell onto the Intihuatana and chipped a large piece off of it.
Two crias (baby llamas)
I climbed up to the top of Wayna Picchu, the peak behind Machu Picchu. From the top you can easily see that Machu Picchu is shaped like a condor.
A bad place to slip.
Don´t lean back too far.
Going for a dive.
1 comment:
Holy crap I'm jealous. This trail is something we've wanted to do for a while. BEAUTIFUL! I will definitely go someday...
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