The first day back from Machu Picchu, I took a tour of the sacred valley. The second day, I wandered around the closer ruins. These are the pictures from those two days.
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A church, as viewed from the main plaza in Cuzco		 0842_sacred_valley_tn.jpg
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Looking up the sacred valley, near Cuzco		 0843_sacred_valley_2_tn.jpg
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Same valley
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This is the outside of the market at Pisac. I don't think I got any pictures inside, which is too bad because it was an excellent market.		 0845_terraced_landscape_tn.jpg
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More terraced landscape, in the sacred valley		 0846_valley_tn.jpg
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Another valley picture
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A bit of color amidst the brown of the desert		 0848_ruins_tn.jpg
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I don't remember what ruins these were...		 0849_more_ruins_tn.jpg
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But here's more of them
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And here's me!		 0851_sun_temple_tn.jpg
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And here's the temple of the sun		 0852_interlocking_blocks_tn.jpg
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Note how the blocks of stone are all carved to interlock with each other. This provided strength even in the face of earthquakes.
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I forget what this guy is called. He's from the peruvian jungle, and likes to eat fruit. If you know what he is, let me know. :) (Both Matt and my mother have pointed out to me that this guy is a coatimundi, or coati for short. And now I know. )		 0856_ollantaytambo_mountain_tn.jpg
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This is Ollantaytambo. The Incas cut off the top of this mountain and carved it so that they could trace the movement of the sun.		 0857_inca_head_tn.jpg
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Note the face carved in the rock
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The view from Ollantaytambo. The hordes of tour busses are just part of the experience.		 0859_inca_heads_tn.jpg
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inca heads		 0864_cactus_flower_tn.jpg
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Another flowering cacus
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This mountainside burned not long before I arrived		 0868_water_temple_tn.jpg
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The temple of water, in Ollantaytambo		 0869_andes_tn.jpg
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A view of the Andes
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I've forgotten the name of this place as well		 0871_sacsayhuaman_tn.jpg
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Sacsayhuaman, or Sexy Woman, as the kids on the Cuzco plaza called it		 0872_me_in_throne_tn.jpg
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Me in a large throne
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Looking out over Cuzco		 0875_clouds_tn.jpg
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Clouds		 0876_me_and_puma_tn.jpg
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I think this is supposed to be a Puma. No, not me. The rock.
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I don't think that's supposed to be a puma.		 0878_claire_and_jesus_tn.jpg
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Twins?		 0879_plant_in_hole_tn.jpg
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A hole in the wall at one of the ruins had this plant to offer
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A flower at sacsayhuaman. This is just like the one I saw, but the one I saw was in focus.		 0883_rainbow_tn.jpg
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A rainbow, as seen from a temple of lightning		 0884_yellow_flower_tn.jpg
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Try 1
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Try 2
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