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Pictures - Cusco, Machu Picchu and Puno
Traditional boat of Lago Titicaca
In the phallic temple of Chucuito
Souvenir shop in Chucuito
Our campsite on the road to Cutimbo
Mountain with Chullpas (tomb towers) of the Colla culture (pre Inca)
Mountain with Chullpas (tomb towers) of the Colla culture (pre Inca)
Chullpa of less important people opposite of the mountain
Another "minor" Chullpa
Chullpas of the upper class
Entrance to the graves
Cactuses in full blossom on the table mountain with the Chullpas
Boys of Cutimbo
Two motor-taxis of Puno, typical in Peru
Fiesta in Puno
Security of Puno
Port of Puno
Visiting the floating island of the Uro indigenous people
Village of the Uro people
Uro family living on a floating island
Settlement on the 4338 pas La Raya, a water divide between Atlantic and Pacific
Cusco with the holy mountain Ausangate, with 6384 meters sea-level the highest summit in Southeast Peru
Plaza de Armas (main square) of Cusco
Women wearing modern clothes with daughter in tradicional garments
Painting of the assassination of Tupac Amaru II, the last sovereign of the Inca
Typical food of Cusco - Guinea Pig with Chicken
Historical wall in Cusco
Dancing in Cusco
Inca fortress Saqsaywaman above Cusco
Gate in Saqsaywaman
Natural slides in Saqsaywaman
Labyrinth with caves and tunnels
Peruvian kids visiting Saqsaywaman
Church of Chinchero built on top of Inca walls
Moray, a research center for agriculture of the Inca
Saline of Pichingoto
Man working in the Saline
Nevado Salkantay, with 6271 smeters sea-level the giant of Cusco
Adornment on the roof of a house in Urubamba
Flower on the way to Aguas Calientes
Our campsite in Aguas Calientes, directly on the bridge to Machu Picchu
Aguas Calientes with the Machu Picchu train
Crowded hot springs of Aguas Calientes
Machu Picchu seen from the ascent to Cerro Machu Picchu
Buildings of Machu Picchu with the only round shaped house
Valley of Rio Urubamba with Hydroelectrica seen from the way to Cerro Machu Picchu
Other side of the valley
Welcome sign on top of Cerro Machu Picchu
View toMachu Picchu and Rio Urubamba
Flowers on the path between Machu Picchu and Cerro Machu Picchu
... and stairs
... steep stairs!
Sacred stone of Pachamama
Center of Machu Picchu
Orchid in Machu Picchu
On the way to the Inca bridge
The Inca drawbridge
Machu Picchu with Huayna Picchu in the late afternoon light
Steep terraces down to the valley
Intiwatana - Holiest stone of Machu Picchu where the sun was tethered
Orchids with terraces and Cerro Machu Picchu on the left top side
Flowers in the valley of Rio Urubamba on the way back to Santa Teresa
Tommy enjoying the hot springs of Santa Teresa
The awful street between Santa Teresa and Santa Maria
Butterfly in the nearly tropical area of Santa Maria
Small farm close to 4300 meters high pass Abra Malaga between Santa Maria and Ollanta
Tommy in the Inca castle Ollantaytambo
View to the entrance area
Wall made by huge stones and a lot of tourists
In Ollantaytambo
Tommy with a trapezoidal gate
Typical Inca house on steep slope
The renovated roof
Detail of the roof construction
Toilets of the Incas
House with well
Ollantaytambo from the bottom
Fountain in Ollantaytambo
The Inca Creater Wiracocha on the street between Ollanta and Pisaq
The Inca fortress of Pisaq
The top of the fortress
Inca tombs in Pisac
Trapezoidal gate in Pisaq
Fountain in Pisaq
Lower western quarter of Pisaq
The Inca site Tambomachay close to Cusco
Figurine of the Viru culture (1250 B.C. - 1 A.D.) in the Museo de Arte Precolombino in Cusco
Sculpured bottle of the Mochica period (1 - 800 A. D.)
People after dancing
Bye bye Tommy
Paining of Inca night sky constellation in the museum Qoricancha in Cusco
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