Sunset from the flight to Lima
Streets of Cusco
Peruvian Dance
My fellow travelers on the trek...
Waiting for the trek debrief..
Church in Plaza De Armas - The Main Square
Mirror Image
The Main Square at night..
Random village...
Jose - The Guide talking about some Inca history...
The cook...
Breakfast on first day of trek...
Duel between Sid and Sajjit after the breakfast :)
The trek route
Starting Point....
Ready to start the hike...
Horses to carry the tents and other kitchen stuff...
And we are off...
The horses follow...
Sid
Dooby
Dancer
me
Jose
Chris
Setting up the Kitchen tent in windy conditions...
It's not a flute :)
Sunny but cold, too much wind chill!!
Mr Cook
Ready for some hot lunch...
The feast. Every single meal was awesome....
Nevado Salkantay (6271m 20570ft)
Looking back at the valley...
Crossing a creek...
At the first campsite (4400m)
Trying to get warm after a very cold night......
Salkantay in early morning sunlight...
Camsite with Salkantay in the background..
Breakfast - Day 2
Ready for the trek....
Approaching the pass...
Tired @ 15000ft..
Frustated :)
Irritated :)
@ the Salkantay Pass
The other side of the valley from the pass...
Descending down towards the cloud forest below...
Looking back towards the pass...
Campsite for the night...
Clouds in the high mountains...
Breakfast time again...
Road construction going on...
River crossing...
Through the forest...
When will this end??
Shopping Center in the forest...
End of the trek...
Time to say goodbye to the horses and the horseman in yellow...
Time to say goodbye to the cooks after the last lunch...
Ready to board the train to Aguas Calientes
PeruRail.....
Pachacutec - The most important Inca
On the streets of Aguas Calientes
Line to enter Machu Picchu
Entrance to Machu Picchu - Covered in clouds...
The terraces...the cloud cover starts to open up...
Wayna Picchu in the clouds...
The houses in Machu Picchu...
Clouds beginning to fade away...
The flag on Machu Picchu mountain...
The ruins in the cloud forest. Typical morning setup....
Wayna Picchu - The tallest peak in the area..
End of the tour. Time to say goodbye to Jose....
Thinking whether to climb Wayna Picchu....it's been a long trek!!
lol
The classic snap!! - Machu Picchu with Wayna Picchu in the background..
Way leading to top of Wayna Picchu
Machu Picchu from Wayna Picchu
The bus route leading to Macchu Picchu
Looking down in the valley and the Urubamba river...
Lunch at Aguas Calientes
Painting of Machu Picchu on some random wall...
Aguas Calientes railway track... Time to head back to Cusco
Cusco Airport.... with the city in the background...
On the flight to Porto Maldonado to visit the amazon forest...
The Amazon rainforest from the plane...
And a close look...
and closer...
The closest...
Funny Air Traffic Controller in the forest...
StarPeru - We had our fingers crossed during landing and takeoff :)
Porto Maldonado Airport...
Time for a smoke...
On our way to the port to embark on the river ride....
It's too hot and humid.... Dooby is not happy!!
Boarding the canoe's
On the Tambopata river...
Arrivign at the lodge...
Walk through the dense rainforest...
The lodge...
The rooms were nice...open on once side to the forest....
The lodge corridors at night...
Early morning on the river...
The Catamaran on Oxbow lakes...
Time for some piranha fishing...
Gotcha...
Awesome sharp teeth....
Sid's hungry...
Leaf eater ants...
Rain in the rainforest...
Wake up Sid!!
End of the trip!!
