Peru
Machu Picchu and Lares Trek
Our gear!
And we're off!
Local market stop for breakfast
Natural hot springs before the big hike
Our phenomenal chef
Lunch!
Quick nap!
Start of the big hike!
Doggie!
Donkey!
Getting our rain gear out!
Dinner time! We were freezing!
Our tent and some new friends!
Cow!
Stephanie! With a donkey!
Flower green houses
The guide carrying my backpack and his when I got sick :(
Almost there!
Tuk tuk to the train station
Train ride to Aguas Calientes
Our hotel in Aguas Calientes the night before heading to Machu Picchu
Waiting on the bus to take us to Machu Picchu. The dogs loved me!
We made it!
Got my Machu Picchu passport stamp!
Hey Dane!
Rainbow Mountain
Humantay Lagoon
Glacier! I LOVE glaciers!
Minerals that give the lagoon it's beautiful color
Neat little tents
Salt Mines
That little stream at the bottom of this picture supplies ALL the salt for these salt mines, fascinating!
Tons of bags of salt
The temperature at the top circle can be 15 degrees different than the bottom circle allowing different types of potatoes to be grown! So cool!
The ocean used to cover this part of Peru leaving behind tons of sea shells.
Awanakancha
Sacred Valley Overlook
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Empanadas!
Chicha! aka corn juice, very yummy!
Market
Selling guinea pigs on a stick, these things are everywhere in Peru!
Farmer butt!
School names written into mountains
Ollantaytambo
Dane trying to fit through a door, people were a lot shorter back then
Fantastic lunch spot on the way back
Headed back to Cusco
We missed you Dave!
Cusco
Twelve-angled stone
Doggies!
My favorite restaurant that we ate at! Had an amazing view!
And the night view! Totally ate there twice!
Quinoa burger!
Fancy drinks with a view!
Inca artifacts
Our hotel room
Breakfast at the hotel
Market in Cusco
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