Peru, September 2009 a llamaa nissan sunnya posing llamaagricultural terracesandes mountainsanother train passingarriving in aguas calientesbasillica cathedral de limabuildings and mountainsbuying machu picchu tickets in aguas calientescalves and a crosschecking each other outchild statue in limaclouds burning off in the morning suncocoa tea for altitude sicknesscuzcodetail of basillica cathedral de limado it yourself gate at cuzco airportdrinking my first pisco sour of the tripdriving through limaeric alone with the ruinseric and his lemonadaeric doesnt fiteric enjoying the local beereric enjoying the vieweric on our way to the bus at 645americ with his cristal beererics paellaflying into cuzcoflying into cuzcofrom cuzco to ollentaytambofun colorsgovernors palacehotel wiracocha lobbyhotel wiracochahuayna picchuin mirafloresincan constructionla marleandra fitsleandra illustrating the small doorwaysleandra taking a video with her head in the cloudslittle me big sceneryllamas in the main squarelocal woman preparing her lunchlong rows near the main squaremachu picchu the classic viewmachu picchu the classic viewmachu picchu middaymachu picchu panoramamachu picchumachu picchumain square in aguas calientesmountains above the cloudsmountains for the top of our vistadome trainmountains in the distancemountainsmy cebiche samplerorchidsorganic and inorganic garbage cansour first glimpse of machu picchuour room at hotel wiracocha 203pacific oceanparallel parking a 38 passenger capacity tour buspardo streetpatacancha riverpatrons at la marperuvian band in aguas calientesplaza de armas panoramapre lunch snacks at la marrio rimacsacred valleysacred valleysteepstopping point for hikersstreet in cuzcostreet in limatemple of the condorterraced hillsideterracesthe guard housethe sacred valleytrademark infringementtrain tracksusvalley lakeview from the backseatview from the urban sectionwe made it