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An Inca Adventure

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by: Madeline Jones
My family's rousing jaunt through the Peruvian Andes on the trail of the Inca

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An Inca Adventure

I went to: Peru, Lima, Costa del Sol, Cusco, Taypikala Hotel Cusco, Sacred Valley, El Sauce, Inca Trail, Inca Trail Day 1: Huayllabamba, Inca Trail Day 2: Pacaymayo, Inca Trail Day 3: Phuyupatamarca, Machu Picchu, El MaPi
Plaza de las armas, CuscoMom and Dad as prime targets for eager peddlersQenco with an altar lurking beneath the rocks Baby alpaca with a special treat for TeddySacsayhuaman, the head of the pumaMmmmm. Cattle mouths.Moray crop circlesExtraterrestrial terrain of the Maras salt minesA civilzied lunch picnicPisac caught in the waning lightContemplating the Pisac ruinsView of Ollantaytambo ruins from my parents' hotel roomThe whole crew as we embarkMe in front of the Patallaqta ruinsResting at our camp after a day of hikingMom looking quite chipperWe made it! The view from the top of Dead Woman's PassThe whole crew, still in one pieceAnd then we go down....View from the camp as it starts to get a little cloudyRunkuraqay dwarfed by the mountainsSayacmarka from the trailInto the great abyssOur campsite at the top of the worldA lone sunbeam strikes the backside of Machu Picchu mountainPhuyupatamarka in the morning sunThe view from PhuyupatamarkaIntipata peeking out behind the treesWinaywayna ruinsWiynawayna down to the valleyMachu Picchu from the sun gateMachu Picchu through the fogLooking down onto the sun templeThe sundial lit by a few raysA wall built into the bedrock of the mountainCarrie on the trainHuaca Pucllana (noun): drab