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Just another view from the Royal Residence along the corridor - the Caretaker Hut greets the residents to remind them that death is only a stone's throw away everyday.
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Just another view from the Royal Residence near its entrance from the Central Plaza.
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"Intihuatana" is a curious stone pillar that occupies a prime location on a flat-top pyramid near the cental Plaza. Aligning in a fashion so...(more)
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I was just wandering and ended up here at the Royal Residential Complex - the stonewalls here are particularly well preserved.
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A thin blanket of cloud soon hovered above the verdant green Urubamba Valley shutting out the last ray of bright suns...(more)
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The place swarmed now with tourists became more like a busy theme park on a Sunday morning and walking against the stream of to...(more)
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The Inca Drawbridge is in actual fact a plank of wood that plugs the gap on this abandoned walkway that the Incans had etched out...(more)
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There were people who had laid claims to various vantage points along the southern terrace of Machu Picchu for a cl...(more)
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Here Rio Urubamba is about to take another 90° turn and the tourist trap of Aguas Calientes is only about an hour's walk away from here.
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Right above me is Huayna Picchu, the steep peak that rises behind Machu Picchu on most postcard view of the ancient site. I climbed it some years ago when it could be done freely but now one has to pre-book to do it.
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Right above me at 2,430m a.s.l. is the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu that sits at the saddle betweem Cerro Machu Picc...(more)
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Just before "Hydroelectrica", the last station on the Machu Picchu rail line Rio Urubamba begins an almost 90° degree turn, ...(more)
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The landscape continues to intrigue as it looks more and more familiar like a dejavu until one realizes suddenly that the va...(more)
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An ongoing hydroelectric project to harness the power of Rio Urubamba, a major headwater of the mighty Amazon has changed th...(more)
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Half way down the valley Rio Santa Teresa is met by one of its major tributary that brings tons of rocks and boulders to...(more)
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This footbridge looks rickety but is in actual fact very secure and I had quite a bit of fun crossing it to the other side of the fast-flowing Rio Santa Teresa.
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The valley is teeming with wild strawberries and I remember one such spot where the pickings are particularly easy - don...(more)
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There are plenty of roadside stores or "Tiendas" along the way where one could buy inexpensive soft drinks and snacks. T...(more)
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The following morning having been inflicted with multiiple mosquito bites at the lowland camp site we started our walk along the valley of fast-flowing Rio Santa Teresa to our next port of call - La Playa.
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The trail disappears at the mouth of the valley where the river feeds into the fast-flowing Rio Santa Teresa which in turn drains into Rio Urubamba. Our camp site is only minutes away from here.
