We climbed up, and down, this ladder and five others like it to get to the top of Putucusi Mountain in order to see Machu Picchu from a distant right before sunset. This ladder continues for another 100 ft out of this picture frame... It was pretty scarry.
The nearby town of Aguas Caliente nestled in the forested Andes from half way up Putucusi Mountain.
More of the Andes mountain range. On this trip we have seen so many different ecosystems housed in this mountain range, from high altitude paramoes to densely covered cloud forests as seen here. Our Machu Picchu guide said that the Incans built more trails then the Romans, and looking at the sorrounding vegetation it no wonder why. This trail that took us to the top of Putucusi is actually an old Incan trail.
A view of Putucusi from Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu was covered with fog almost the whole time we were there. It really added a lot to the experience. It just made the whole place seem even more other worldly.
Machu Picchu was a sanctuary for Incan itellectuals. It wasn't around for very long before it was abandoned but how amazing it must have been when it was in occupied. We are so lucky that it escaped pilaging and is still so well preserved for people to see.
And of course without the skills of such a talented photographer there would be no way to capture the beauty of Machu Picchu.
When it was for a sacred building the Incans would carve the rocks so that they fit together perfectly and they did it all without morter either.
Now we are out of Peru... but still in the Andes. This was taken during the bus ride from Santiago to Mendoza. We climbed, and climbed, and climbed up this road and when we couldn't climb any further we drove through a mountain via a really long tunnel. When we came out the other side we were in Argentina.
We climbed up, and down, this ladder and five others like it to get to the top of Putucusi Mountain in order to see Machu Picchu from a distant right before sunset. This ladder continues for another 100 ft out of this picture frame... It was pretty scarry. 
The nearby town of Aguas Caliente nestled in the forested Andes from half way up Putucusi Mountain. 
More of the Andes mountain range. On this trip we have seen so many different ecosystems housed in this mountain range, from high altitude paramoes to densely covered cloud forests as seen here. Our Machu Picchu guide said that the Incans built more trails then the Romans, and looking at the sorrounding vegetation it no wonder why. This trail that took us to the top of Putucusi is actually an old Incan trail.
A view of Putucusi from Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu was covered with fog almost the whole time we were there. It really added a lot to the experience. It just made the whole place seem even more other worldly.
Machu Picchu was a sanctuary for Incan itellectuals. It wasn't around for very long before it was abandoned but how amazing it must have been when it was in occupied. We are so lucky that it escaped pilaging and is still so well preserved for people to see.
And of course without the skills of such a talented photographer there would be no way to capture the beauty of Machu Picchu. 
When it was for a sacred building the Incans would carve the rocks so that they fit together perfectly and they did it all without morter either.
Now we are out of Peru... but still in the Andes. This was taken during the bus ride from Santiago to Mendoza. We climbed, and climbed, and climbed up this road and when we couldn't climb any further we drove through a mountain via a really long tunnel. When we came out the other side we were in Argentina.
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