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Cuzco and Machu Picchu, Peru

Mom and I went to Peru to visit the colonial and Inca city of Cuzco, as well as ruins throughout the Sacred Valley of the Incas, and then Machu Picchu -- which is more amazing than the pictures or any descriptions I've heard. Left: central view of Machu Picchu.  Below: Harolyn and Margaret at Machu Picchu.

Above left: Woman at the market in the colonial and Inca town of Chinchera.  Above: On the edge in Machu Picchu.  Left: Sunset at the Incan ruins at Pukapukara.  Below: Cuzco at sunrise, as seen from our hotel breakfast room.  Below left: Hiking in the central compound of Machu Picchu complex.

left: By an Inca wall at Saqsaywuaman.  Below: Inca plumbing still provides water at Tambomachay.  Both sites are in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, between highland Cuzco and tropical Machu Picchu.