This is where the hike to Machu Picchu by way of the Salkantay Pass begins. Taken in 2010.
DAILY PHOTO: Town Square at Mollepata, Peru
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DAILY PHOTO: Machu Picchu Residence
Taken in 2010
One thing I like about this photo is that the thin cloud looks reminiscent of chimney smoke, as if someone still resided in this rebuilt house that has been unoccupied for centuries.
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DAILY PHOTO: Puno Overlooking Titicaca
Taken in July of 2010
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DAILY PHOTO: Vicuña in the Peruvian Wilds
Taken in Blanca National Reserve in 2010
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DAILY PHOTO: Pisaq Landscape
The Urubamba River Valley lies unseen between these ridges
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DAILY PHOTO: Qorikancha, Cuzco, Peru
Convento De Santo Domingo / Qorikancha; Taken 2010
A Roman Catholic Convent, Convento De Santo Domingo, was built over an important Incan site, Qorikancha (alt. sp. Coricancha.)
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POEM: Salkantay: or, Sea-level Gringo
The pass begins
Boulders lay strewn like the dice of God,
moss-covered, on a close-cropped blanket of green.
The Pass educated me,
I’d never known I could see snow and jungle in the same day.
I never knew how thin of air would sustain me.
I still don’t know how a fish out of water
has the death throe energy to spastically flop.
I was a tortoise: plod, stop, resume plodding, repeat.
If I’d been deprived of oxygen to the same degree as that fish,
I’d have just silently fallen off the switchback into the valley below.
Into boulder scree and the carcasses of sea-level dwelling gringos past.
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DAILY PHOTO: Llamas over Machu Picchu
One llama, two llama, dun llama, zoo llama
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DAILY PHOTO: Plaza de Armas in Arequipa by Night
Basilica Cathedral
Arequipa is known as the White City for the appearance of the stone that serves as one of its most conspicuous building materials. Above is the Basilica Cathedral located on Plaza de Armas, which is the city’s main square. Arequipa is a beautiful city, and is the second most populous in Peru. One sees a level of indigenous wealth here that one doesn’t in say Cusco. There is vibrancy to this town.
One of the most impressive local sites is the Convent of Santa Catalina. There are also some impressive views of volcanic mountains that can be seen from the city.
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DAILY PHOTO: Sacsayhuamán in the Peruvian Andes
This Incan site overlooks Cusco, Peru.
Sacsayhuamán may well be the first Incan site you see, if you fly into Cusco. It sits on a hill overlooking Cusco. If you’re in the mood to stretch your legs and aren’t too queasy from the elevation (Cusco, 11,200ft), it’s not too difficult a walk from the city center. You can use the Cristo Blanco (huge white Jesus), which shares the same hill, as a navigational reference.
The Incans were the master masons. These stone walls were made without mortar. Yes, those irregularly shaped blocks sit perfectly on each other and have for hundreds of years. The one thing that Sacsayhuamán has that other sites don’t is a naturally occurring fun park of slides. One can also traverse a pitch black cave, and get spectacular overview shots of the city.
Naturally occurring slides
Tiger Riding for Beginners 