Our hotel was really nice but really ancient. It was an original home of a Spanish Marquis in the 1600's. It had all the original woodwork and decor and even all the thick wooden doors to each room had the original 6'' keys to open them.
On our way to Machu Picchu- it was so cold that morning. We even saw frost on the ground
Waiting for the train at Ollantaytambo to take us to Aguas Calientes which is the small market village at the base of Machu Picchu. From there we took a bus up the mountain to see the famous ruins.
The amazing ruins of the hidden city
Brett on top of the world
At the entrance to the city
This rock shows how they split the rock back in those days
The people must have been really small
This is the Temple of the condor. Can you see the condor on the ground and it's wings spread above on those rocks
This water has been flowing since the city was built (and I believe this is where they did there bathing).
The temple of the sun -they use more precise, clean, and bigger rocks for more important buildings in the city
One of the important rooms
The agricultural area
The astronomical temple. One of the corners of that stone points directly to magnetic North. And the others correspond to the equinoxes
I'm so glad they had llama's.
Some of Brett's companion's and their families at church in Cusco. The Andia family (to Nadine's left), Javier Since Family and Boris Meneses (to Brett's right)
Boris and Brett at the most famous cut stone in the city of Cusco (the twelve angled stone). Boris is amazing. He knew we were coming to Cusco so he took a 7 hour bus ride just to see us for 10 hours and then he hopped back on another 7 hour bus ride so he could get home in time to be back at work Monday morning.
Statue on top of a hill looking down Cusco
The ruins of Sacsayhuaman
The largest rock weighs 300 tons. These rocks were moved from a quarry a good distance away with specific wood and llama haired rope.
Original capstone over the doorway
An aerial view shows these ruins in the shape of a lightning bolt.
wax candle art that has been burning for 12 years
Brett eating guinea pig while I tried alpaca. Yum!
The beautiful square with a few Cathedrals around it
Traditional costumes
There is actually a trolly car in Peru
By the end of our trip I was missing American food so when we found a McDonald's and we had to get some cheeseburgers
When we flew back to L.A we were able to see Craig Andresen (a buddy from Dental school) and stayed the night at his place before we flew back home to Calgary.
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