Machu Picchu, Cusco

and i finally made it to Machu Picchu, one of the most incredible sights i have been to. just... WOW!

November 2007

Cusco.

kids in Santa Teresa (?), where we stayed overnight on our way to Machu Picchu.

walking the walk. Emma, Marsha and Anna... barracuda style.

Machu Picchu in the morning, w/ Waynu Picchu in the back. great getting there early (6am or so) and having none of the crowds.

another barracuda from Marsha, Emma and Anna.

misty morning.

up Waynu Picchu we go.

Templo de la Luna (temple of the moon).

Lammas in Machu Picchu.

and another.

postcard perfect.

actually this is postcard perfect ;)

Anna, me, Emma and Marsha in our volunteer tshirts (we met in Pisco at Hands On)

Aguas Calientes where we stayed before and after Machu Picchu.

back in Cusco and our traditional (well for a few days) breakfast club.

Cusco and the rain.

the 12 sided stone. all such a perfect fit.

Pisco, Huacachina and Ica.

as promised here are some more pictures as i try and catch up.

these are from October 24th to November 21st... or so.

as i volunteered in Pisco w/ Hands On Disaster Response.

most of city was destroyed by an earthquake in August and so we were working clearing rubble, building temporary houses, temporary classrooms, working w/ kids in ludotecas in the refugee camps and other assorted works.

had weekends away at Huacachina, a small oasis town in the nearby desert.

Huacachina and one of it's most famous residents, Marvin the monkey.

Marvin and I on our night out.

on a tuk-tuk on way to work...

the streets of Pisco. rubble, half collapsed and empty lots everywhere.

painting the Hands On mural on the HODR property.

mmm cheese.

also spent five days in Ica, another nearby town, building temporary classrooms. these are some of locals kids that hung around.

little Sivia. i like this shot.

working.

me and my two side-kicks. up, up and away.

inside one of completed class-rooms.

Silvia and Anna. Anna was one of coolest people i met while there.

on the sand dunes around Huacachina on second trip there. had a small party w/ other volunteers on top of dunes first time around, w/ music, drinks and fire twirling.

flippinf and running down the hot, hot, hot sand.

Anna and Marvin, who just jumped at her drink stealing straw straight away... then dipping his hands into drink and sipping. "ah cold! but i want some more. ah! cold. but i want some more... etc."

volunteers in Ica. overall we had 60 to 80 volunteers everyday between the different sites. most in Pisco.

Peru was playing Brazil and we watched it at the house of local family (cooks for project) and this was the grandfather after Peru scored.

Huayhuash, Peru

sorry haven't quite updated this since last October... my bad.
but i am now back home and will be updating the rest of trip over next week or so.
starting off w/ the Huayhuash trek in Peru w/ Paul, Kevin and Becca.
October 12 to 18 2007.

local kid that was hanging around one of the many paystations along the route.

town of Queropalca where we started out trek.

little girl from near our first campsite.

Kevin, Becca and Paul on the wall surrounding our first campsite.

one of the many amazing lakes we passed.

hot diggety dog!

condor... for reals.

great looking cloud that swept over us.

bones.

Anton, little friend that attached himself to my finger on one of our stops and hung on for a while while we trekked.

you can't fool the Hulk!

another amzing lake. we were tiny amidst all this incredible landscape.

Edwin and Juan, our guide and arriero while we went fishing.

me w/ Edwin and Juan. caught at least two dozen fish that day.

our last days campsite. stunning... and cold. all so very, very cold.


facing pages. done at Cafe Andino, Huaraz, where we spent a lot of our free time between treks, rock climbing and ice climbs.