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Tuesday, April 3, 2007
The Cuzco markets... full of haggling a la Life of Brian
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Saturday 28 April - LondonAs I write this on Sunda...
Bugger. There is some. Taken a bit too late in the...
Simon (not Bomber) Thompson and Jon (Becky's bette...
Piccadilly Circus, a mini version of Times Square,...
Friday 27 April - LondonFinally got out at 1pm and...
When I heard someone say the name of this Hardware...
Trafalgar Square. It's funny how many of the Londo...
Around Trafalgar Square. The cars here are signif...
Yes, we're finally in London! On the Hungerford Br...
Scotland Yard's finest patrols the area around the...
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, a recreation of the o...
The famous Tower Bridge.
The Tower of London, sitting just off the Tower Br...
The locals enjoy a beautiful night out in Green Pa...
Drinking with Jen in Shepherd's Market
Thursday 26 April - LondonWe've only got a total o...
Monday 9 April - Cuzco Free day - nothing schedule...
Coricancha.
Plaza de Armas, as the Cuzco locals go about their...
Sunday 8 April - Inca Trail 4th day to Machu Picch...
Libe takes to the steep Monkey Steps, which lead t...
At the Sun Gate.
On a clear day this would have been our first glim...
The Machu Picchu city starts to expose itself in t...
Standing in front of the ruins, tired but happy t...
The ruins start to expose themselves from out of t...
Looking over ruins in the upper sector of the city...
The lower half of the city, known as the industri...
The fog starts to life on the very scenic mountain...
These llamas reside in the lawn plaza which sits b...
The Intrepid Group. Back - Larry from Washington D...
John tries to squeeze through a tiny tunnel that o...
This is what the climb was for - a breathtaking, 3...
John poses for the crowd on top of Huanya Picchu.
Representing the greatest club in the world at one...
You can't afford to make too many mistakes climbi...
This would have been the steepest and most dangero...
It's a long way to the top. Of this staircase. It'...
The River Urabamba, winding its way through the An...
Another "picture postcard" shot of Machu Picchu, w...
Aguas Caliente. This name might sound familiar - i...
The express heads past, albeit not at full speed, ...
Libe haggling, in true Monty Python's Life of Bria...
The awesome River Urabamba and its rapids, too qui...
Sat 7 April – Inca Trail, 3rd dayA big day was nee...
Passing the Runkurakay during the first session, d...
The sky brightens up for us... unfortunately, the ...
Libe pauses for a moment of reflection at the lake...
The ruins of Sayaqmarka, built into the peak of th...
After lunch, and the terrain has turned into jungle.
Libe about to enter the Inca (Burnley) tunnel.
The Inca Tunnel. How many Incas passed through t...
Our porters plug their way up the Trail.
At the third and final pass, happy to have seen th...
The Phuyupatamarka ruins sit just below the third ...
At last... civilisation. At the bottom of the vall...
Libe posing in the tunnel for myself and Elvis (ou...
The River Urabamba winds its way through the Andes...
Once again, the snow-capped Andes provide a magica...
Friday 6 April – Inca Trail, 2nd dayMyself and Lib...
Another spectacular setting for our hike; morning...
Our guide Edward explains to us that the peak tha...
The hard slog in the morning, rain ponchos clearl...
Finally at the top. Our group heads for the warm...
Libe at the top, while others plow on with the pa...
Camp on day 2 - such an unbelievable settting all...
Thu 5 April – Ollantaytambo to Inca Trail, 1st day...
The determined hikers, about to start their trek. ...
This was as fresh as you'd see the crew for the ne...
Like big spin on the first day of a cricket test ...
Libe hard at work.
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One of the many spectacular archaelogical ruins s...
Lunch on Day 1. Throughout the trek, we would leav...
The spectaculr setting for camp on Day 1, with the...
Libe, late on day 1, still as fresh as a daisy and...
Wednesday 4 April - Cuzco to the Ollantaytambo, i...
Looking over the Urabamba in the Sacred Valley.
Looking over the home straight of Melbourne's sac...
Travelling through the main street of Urabamba......
Wool weaving in Chinchero. I've nicknamed this bl...
Walking down the main street of Ollantaytambo, wi...
Ollantaytambo's main plaza... all Peru civilisati...
Simone, Karen and myself playing up in the height...
About to head up the Ollantaytambo Inca Complex.
This view does a bit more justice to the Complex'...
... The other side of the Complex behind me. And ...
A great view of the Ollantaytambo township from t...
To the untrained eye, this just looks like a circ...
See, what did I tell you! One tight turn and one ...
At the bottom of the aforementioned ridge was is t...
Tuesday 3 March - Lima to Cuzco, PeruQuite a rough...
The magnificent view of the peaks of the Andes, r...
The hills of Cuzco, with massive messages written...
The narrow streets of Cuzco. An unlicenced taxi,...
The Iglesia de La Campania in the Plaza de Armas ...
The Cuzco markets... full of haggling a la Life o...
Monday 2 April - Lima, PeruOur tour of Peru with I...
The streets of Miraflores, outside our Hostel, up...
On the highway from Miraflores to Lima
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