Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu & Cuzco

Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu & Cuzco http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html Here we are, sis Serena, friends Siobhan & Delia, & I, to see the land of the Incas. Our two week trip, in mid-April 2006, took us to see intricately built Inca ruins, the lush, humid jungle and the clear blue waters of Lake Titicaca. Our first stop was to the Sacred Valley to help acclimate to the altitude. Cuzco is at a bit over 10,000’, whereas the Sacred Valley is between 8,000’ to 9’500. The altitude was quite a challenge to us flat landers, but the scenery was worth the headaches. The various Inca ruins we toured were amazing, especially Machu Picchu, which was a jaw-dropping experience in person. The ruins outside of Cuzco were also a worthwhile visit, as they are all very different. Our home for 2 nights in Urubamba, K’uychi Rumi http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#0 ea9b7f12-e919-4e08-8b87-1f7e9d94b1bf http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000006.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000006.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Our home for 2 nights in Urubamba, K’uychi Rumi</p></div></div> Enjoying the fire in my new hat http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#1 4f11f431-83f1-4620-a062-72f3a38639c3 http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000096.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000096.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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It will flow again if you run it back. Pretty wacky! http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#21 817582f9-6c5a-4a89-9bb7-abcff8c3430b http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000128.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000128.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"> <span class="style_2">Inca fountain whose water stops running if you run your finger across the water track.  It will flow again  if you run it back.  Pretty wacky!</span></p></div></div> http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#22 bf3d5211-65c8-4476-a006-796dca73ba33 http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000130.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000130.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> Inca homes still being used http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#23 90e0b05e-d4a2-40e9-996a-447d95665aad http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000132.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000132.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; 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" class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Temple of the sun from above</p></div></div> Inca bridge http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#36 1b12d1d4-ea5e-49a3-854c-e70310cb7a70 http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000163.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000163.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Inca bridge</p></div></div> Terraces http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#37 2c78d213-0cf8-4bf7-bc90-4dd0dec31054 http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000156.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000156.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Terraces</p></div></div> Classic Machu Picchu view http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#38 34445a19-a500-4e31-a8d1-f0ed2b32e62d http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000144.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000144.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Classic Machu Picchu view</p></div></div> Finally, some sunshine! http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#39 cf3ac7fd-2877-4cd4-ab5e-3638107c7fa5 http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000171.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000171.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Finally, some sunshine!</p></div></div> A long day at Machu Picchu http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#40 819de927-74d8-4baa-a1ac-5fa3d1a9d119 http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000169.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/00000169.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">A long day at Machu Picchu<br/></p></div></div> In Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#41 c39d5fd6-69c4-462a-97d3-30f494d31023 http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/Peru%20and%20Bolivia%202006%20016.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/Peru%20and%20Bolivia%202006%20016.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">In Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas</p></div></div> Passing old Inca walls to San Blas neighborhood http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#42 15dab129-e200-466d-9cf0-42573d56153a http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0543.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0543.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Passing old Inca walls to <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">San Blas neighborhood</p></div></div> Cab driver-guide Cesar posing me at Tambomachay, the baths of the royal Incas. http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#43 3b7cbdf0-b02f-43ca-ad3e-2dfa088bf361 http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_1329.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_1329.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Cab driver-guide Cesar posing me at Tambomachay, the baths of the royal Incas.</p></div></div> Puka Pukara (red fortress) ruins http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#44 e0883859-3cba-4dde-a9a5-baac794b1627 http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0517.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0517.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Puka Pukara (red fortress) ruins</p></div></div> Puka Pukara is located in an idyllic pastoral setting. http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#45 5c57c894-1c3e-4424-8029-4927f8b845bd http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0520.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0520.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Puka Pukara is located in an <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">idyllic pastoral setting.</p></div></div> Q’enko (zigzag) ruins. This is used to forecast weather for the new planting year. http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#46 d58e5cac-9598-4442-84fe-4b29fd377127 http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0524.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0524.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">Q’enko (zigzag) ruins.  This is used to forecast weather for the new planting year.</p></div></div> View from the sacrificial area. http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#47 f280a035-140b-4cde-b850-eb802cd3a510 http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0521.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0521.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">View from the sacrificial area.</p></div></div> Intricate stonework on the walls of Sacsayhuaman (satisfied falcon). http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#48 26216ed3-c077-4753-99ec-049f0875a882 http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0535.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0535.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Intricate stonework on the walls of Sacsayhuaman (satisfied falcon).</p></div></div> Sun temple http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#49 fbe154b9-5159-4949-8e0f-da925f62bef5 http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0532.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0532.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Sun temple</p></div></div> Sacsayhuaman is impressive for the size of the stones used in construction. The dog got in everyone’s pictures. http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#50 db107f10-4e64-48e2-9f6f-71c9bdd58d7b http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0540.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0540.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">Sacsayhuaman is impressive for the size of the stones used in construction.  The dog got in everyone’s pictures.</p></div></div> One of the bloodiest battles between the Spaniards and Incas was at Sacsayhuaman. http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco.html#51 6e342a04-43d0-404b-a66b-fed404038e0b http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0541.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/quimbymoy/Site/SV-MP-Cuzco_files/Media/IMG_0541.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">One of the bloodiest battles between the Spaniards and Incas was at Sacsayhuaman.</p></div></div>