cuzco, inka trail, arequipa, parque nacional lauca

Cuzco´s main square: Plaza de Armas

A view of the neighbourhoods on the hill from the plaza

Our group at Kilometre 82, the official start of the Inka Trail

View from ¨Dead Woman´s Pass¨: 4600m (editors note: the blue specks on the right are our porters trucking it up this mountain)

A nice scene to wake up to! Our camp on day 2

Sabrina and I on day 3. The edges of the trail were pretty much a sheer drop to one´s death.

The Andes Mountains

Me, contemplating descending the stairs

Atop ¨Phuyupatamarka¨ ruins (Quechua meaning: cloud forest)

Group making its way, gingerly, down the slick steps. Health and safety regulations here were top notch.

Looking down the valley.

Group shot at the ¨Yunkapata¨ruins

¨Wiñaywayna¨ (Quechua meaning: forever young)

First view of ¨Machu Picchu¨ (Quechua meaning: Old Mountain) ruins from the sun gate

Sabrina and I

The classic shot

Looking down at Machu Picchu from the top of Wainapichu

The PLaza de Armas in Arequipa, Peru. Our last stop on the way to Chile.

weird animals.

A secret picture. Sabrina snapped these local women weaving blankets out of alpaca wool.

Different colours of alpaca yarn. The bowls show the different natural ingredients used to make the many colours you see in the scarves.

Our visit to the 400 year old Convent. It was pretty rowdy.

Sabrina acting like a crusty old nun.

Our drive up to the national park in northern Chile. They actually gave us a car for some reason.

Vicuñas. The alpacas for rich people. The cadillacs of camelids.

Weird rabbit looking creature. Called a vizcacha.

A remote church.

One of the highest non-navigable lakes in the world.

Creepy llama patrolling the park.