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My Dream Trip to Machu Picchu

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by: Sandra Woerner
My Dream Trip to Machu Picchu: After months of planning and years of dreaming, my grandson, Zed, and I left the Austin airport around noon on Monday, July 12th, for Peru. It was a wonderful trip with no disappointments. Now, where am I going next?

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My Dream Trip to Machu Picchu

Want to go? Machu Picchu by Train, Urubamba River Whitewater Rafting

I went to: Peru, Lima, Costa del Sol, Cusco, Sacred Valley, El Sauce, Machu Picchu, El MaPi Inn
Zed and I at the Sun GateZed at MorayMoraySalt FlatsHerbe and Zed at Salinasface on the mountain at OllantaytamboFountain for ritual bathingStreets of OllantaytamboCreek through OllantaytamboMachu Picchu!Machu Picchu in the mistMisty Machu Picchuview from Machu Picchusun temple at Machu PicchuZed and I at Machu PicchuZed at Machu PicchuLlamas at Machu Picchusmall boy playing at the llama farm Saqsayhuaman EntranceGourmet meal across from El Mapirevelers at Aguas Calientes for festival of patron saintrafting the vilacanota Riverladies and alpaca outside out hotel roomCuscoPuma Snake and CondorTemple of the Sun in Cuscoworkers protesting in the streets in front of our hotelZed atop some of the ruins at PisacSantiago and I at Pisac looking up at ZedRuins at Pisacview of the plaza in Pisacwoman and daughter in typical dress in Pisacdancers at Pisacmore colorful costumes at Pisacladies weaving at the llama farmsliding down the rocks at SacsayhuamanSacsayhuamancantua national flower of Perutypical houseUrubamba riverhummingbird at Hotel Inkaterraorchid at Hotel Inkaterrapretending to be a mummy Santa Domingo ChurchZed sampling a Chicha MoradoLadies demonstrating how wool is dyedon the road to the Sacred Valleypeople starting up the Inca TrailMachu Picchuflowering tree on the trail to the Sun Gatemarket in Cusco

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