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| Andrea and Mike in alpaca hats. | |
Andrea and a guard outside the Peruvian President's office . |
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| Armored car by the Peruvian President's office. | |
Mike and Andrea in downtown Lima. |
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| Islas de Ballistas | |
Seals at the Islas de Ballistas |
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| The Red Beach in Paracas Peru. One of only two in the world, the other one is in Italy. | |
Andrea and Mike in Paracas Peru National Park |
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| A doorway in the monestary in Arequipa. | |
Interesting plant in the monestary in Arequipa. |
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| Red houses in Arequipa. | |
Mike in the monestary in Arequipa. |
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| Mike at the monestary in Arequipa. | |
Flowers in the monestary in Arequipa. |
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| Andrea in Arequipa. | |
Arequipa city center. |
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| Alpaca seen on the bus trip to the Cayon del Colca. | |
Picture from the bus trip to the Cayon del Colca. |
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| Mike and Andrea at the start of their trek through the Cayon del Colca. | |
Mike and Andrea on the bridge to their lodge on the first night in the Cayon del Colca. |
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| Woodstove at the lodge. | |
Mike enjoying a thermal pool. |
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| Guide carrying Mike's bag. | |
A view from the hike. |
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| Burros on the hike. | |
Mike chewing on some Coca during the hike . |
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| Cactus along the hike. | |
Mike getting tied in by the guide. |
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| Mike and Andrea along a ledge during the hike. | |
Andrea and Mike after passing the ledge. |
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| View from the canyon. | |
Traditional Peru dress. |
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| Andrea at reed huts in Uros. | |
Reed boat for tourists . |
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| Isle Taquile. | |
Isle Taquile. |
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| Traditional Peruvian men's dress. | |
Mike and kids on Isle Taquile. |
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| Mike and Andrea on the ride back to Puno. | |
For Bob. |
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| Moto - Taxi | |
Bus ride to Cusco, complete with sheep. |
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| Breakfast menu in Cusco. | |
Finally! Some real food in Cusco! |
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| Before - guinea pig castles. | |
After - a delicacy in Peru. |
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| Mike at the market in Pisac. | |
Blankets for sale at the market in Pisac. |
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| The market in Pisac . | |
Fresh Orange juice in the market. |
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| The hike up the Incan ruins at Pisac. | |
Pisac ruins. |
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| Incan terracing. | |
Incan ruins and terracing. |
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| View of Incan ruins from top of Pisac. | |
Incredible view of terracing. |
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| Andrea and some ruins. | |
Andrea taking a break on a hike. |
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| Start of the trail to Machu Picchu. | |
A cactus along the trail. |
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| View from the trail. | |
Incan ruins along the trail.. |
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| Wash basins and tent before eating. | |
Incredible view. |
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| Start of original Inca trail to Machu Picchu. | |
Mike checking out the view. |
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| Andrea and Mike at their first camp site. | |
The team. |
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| The hike to dead woman's pass. | |
Another great view. |
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| The view from the top. | |
Andrea and Mike with Franco and Marco (the guides) |
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| Mike and Andrea at dead woman's pass. (4215 meters, 13828 feet) | |
Another great view. |
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| A typical meal on the trail. | |
Mike chewing some more coca leaves. |
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| A cool flower. | |
Andrea in a day of rain. |
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| Some amazing flowers. | |
Campsite with meal tents. |
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| Andrea drinking a beer. Jodi, thanks for the vest! | |
Some more flowers along the trail. |
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| View of Winay Wayna | |
Andrea in Winay Wayna. |
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| Mike and Andrea in Winay Wayna. | |
Andrea climbing the terrace steps. |
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| Start of the hike on the last day. Yes, thats 3:37 AM! | |
The group is excited for Machu Picchu! |
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| The Inca trail toilet. Use your imagination. | |
The first rays of sunlight. |
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| Where's Machu Picchu? | |
View from a bench. |
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| A view of Machu Picchu. | |
Andrea and an Inca wall. |
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| Incan walls. | |
More Incan walls. |
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| Mike with some walls. | |
Look at those clouds. |
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| Andrea and Mike with more clouds in the background. | |
Mike and Andrea with a great view. |
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| Andrea trying some coca leaves. | |
Mike is tired. Nap at 9:30AM. |
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| Andrea and Marco taking a break on top of Waynapicchu. | |
Mike wetting himself. Very very steep. |
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| Mike.... No, a Llama. | |
Andrea and Mike at Machu Pichhu. |
site updated:
december 6th, 2008
from:
milwaukee,
usa
days traveled:
275
countries:
16
flights:
24
miles flown:
26785
pictures taken:
7468