Around the World

Today at Machu Picchu we got up early to catch the sunrise. The early morning sky was clearer with clouds and mists distant glaciers were visible. We hiked uphill quite a ways to a place called Inca bridge which is built on an immense cliff, the bridge crosses an intentional gap in the trail. On the way we heard a large noise like gunfire, somewhere along the cliff the was a rock fall.

After returning to the lodge we had breakfast and rested in our room. We had lunch and then returned to the site. Our legs were tired so we took it easy. I tried to use a variety of my lenses to capture some of the details of the city. We stayed until five when the place closed. More rest, toured the orchid gardens behind the lodge. They also have a hot tub in the gardens in a sort of grotto with a view of the mountains and Machu Picchu. Very cool. Tomorrow we check out and take the Hiram Bingham train back to Cuzco. As I mentioned last time most of my pictures can be found at Flickr at the following address: http://www.flickr.com/photos/72616513@N00/