Photos from Machu Picchu

Graphic warning: There are a LOT of photo in this post!  But, I had no choice, as it is the amazing spectacle that is Machu Picchu.

Our train.

Typical shot of typical mountains in typical

cloud forest.  Every direction we looked

was spectacular.

See what I mean.

Our guide Alvin.  Peru has this stupid anti-science

rule that you have to be masked outside.

Not everyone followed the

rules, myself included.

The money shot?

Not quite yet.

The "money shot."

The "me with my honey money shot."

How do you tell the difference between a llama

and an alpaca?  Beats me, but people smarter

than I (that is to say, Carol) tells me this is a llama.

This never gets old.  But, it is old.

This blog really makes you think eh.

Don't you just want to take one home?

The wild and wooly Urubamba

River, in the valley far below

Machu Picchu.

This llama was so kind to pose for me!

I believe this is the best llama I took.

Thoughts, dear readers?

A trio of llamas is called 

"a trio of llamas."

Okay, I know there are a lot of

photos from this vantage point,

but it is pretty amazing.

Some of the group.  L to R: Sanjiv,

Meena, Neil, Iron Tourist, Mary,

Mrs. Iron Tourist, Nancy,

Bruce, and Charles.

Pretty cool shot of the

terraces and the river.

Looks like an old Scottish village.

Row houses.

The temple of the Sun.

Bruce took this photo,

quite well I must say.

A temple falling down.

Sunshine on the side of a

mountain makes me happy.

In total we saw four rainbows,

all near the end of our visit.

Nobody knows what these two

circular things are for.  There are

many theories, but that doesn't

make any of them right.

One last picture for this post.