Photos from Cuzco

La Casona Hotel, Cuzco - heated towel racks, heated floors and a hot water bottle in your bed at night

Bathroom at La Casona Hotel

Sacsayhuaman ruins - Inca temple overlooking Cuzco

Scasayhuaman

San Pedro Market, Cuzco

San Pedro Market

Pigs' heads at San Pedro Market

Peruvian bread

Dried herbs

Cheeses

Peppers

Naturopathic treatments - note the traditional dress

Of course, potatoes

Flowers

Cathedral built on Inca ruin

Cathedral

Photos from Machu Picchu

On Peru Rail to Machu Picchu

We made it!

Example of incredible stone wrok

Nobles' Home

Workers' Homes

View from the top

Hotel Sumac, Aguas Calientes

Alpaca tenderloin, YUM!

This is how you unload a train in a town with no vehicles

The Hiram Bingham

Dinner on the Hiram Bingham

More Photos from Sacred Valley Peru

Hotel Sol y Luna

Market in Urubamba

Hotel Sol y Luna

Inca icons on the roof

Chef Ricardo Behar at 3 Keros

Lunch at 3 Keros

Traditional wool dying with our guide Ruben

Traditional Weavers

Inca Experimental Farm

Salt Mine

The inevitable potatoes

Photos from the Sacred Valley, Peru

 Baby alpaca

 Dean has a new friend

 Curly coated alpaca

 Llama on display

 Llama

 The Sacred Valley

The Temple of the Sun, Ollantaytambo

 Fountain at the Temple of the Sun

 View from the top of the Temple of the Sun

Guinea pigs in an Inca home - future dinner!

Photos from Lima

 Hotel Miraflores Park Lobby, Lima

 Flowers at the Hotel Miraflores Park, Lima

 The intrepid travelers, ready to take on Lima

Lima looks a lot like Port Angeles at this time of year

 On Sundays, they block off the streets and exercise - here they are doing Zumba

 Lima

 Cuasa, Peruvian potato salad with tuna, squid and shrimp

 Lovers' Park, Lima (see the Gaudi influence)

Typical Spanish balconies in Lima.  Ladies could watch the world go by without being seen

City scape, Lima

July 20, last post from South America

Flew back to Quito this morning. Really didn't want to leave the Galapagos. It is an incredible place. Even if you have read about it or watched shows on tv, there is no way to understand the uniqueness of that place. It will take me awhile to sort it all out in my head. Hopefully, I can add some photos to the blog when I get back. Adios!

July 19 Galapagos

This morning, we had a wonderful walk through a rookery with rocky outcroppings and giant mangroves. We saw masked boobies, red footed boobies, yellow crown night heron, frigate birds and swallow tailed gulls. Many of them were on their nests, yet they allowed us to be up close. One even attacked the frizzy blonde hair of a woman in our party. after that snorkeling with lots of tropical fish, again I didn't see any sharks or rays, although some people did. In the afternoon, we went kayaking, then on another walk to see the birds on Genovese Island. You had to be careful not to step on the boobies. We did see a local owl tearing up a petrel that he found for dinner. No words can describe how amazing it is to get so close to the wildlife. this trip was way too short. I co uld use a few more days.