Machu Picchu

We got up at 3:30 to walk up to the park entrance and avoid paying $8 for a bus, just so we could be among the 400 people they let climb Huayna Picchu each day... it was worth it.

Pictured Picchu People

Matt and his own personal temple of doom...

Jenny and Ali

Alex and David, Motorcycle tourist - David started with Matt on bicyle back in Alaska, but being intellegent he switched to a motorbike and he's been running into us ever since.

A friendly local

and the elusive me...

First sightings of Machu Picchu

Now thats steep!

But not as steep as that! ... crazy dog climbed up a 30 meter vertical ladder with us to get a view of Machu Picchu but had trouble getting down...

First sighting of Machu Picchu! (steepest of all is the entry cost at 60 bucks! bring a student card and get in at half price)

Descent into Cuzco

Jennys last day of cycling with us, she sold the bike and is going off surfing and volunteering somewhere in South America. Jennys blog is bicyclingbiologist.blogspot.com (though it may change it's name soon...)

The Plaza de Armas (town center)

A local shopkeeper...

Really drunk? - seeing triple!

Up and down again - A cycilists tale

Went up up up

Met some locals

Appreciated the views

Got to the top (4600m)

Came down again

Nasca Line - An upside down tree

Unfortunatly my camera ran out of batteries and this is all I have of the nasca lines, decided we couldn't afford the $60 plane flight...
It was Aliens... who now sell rocks by the roadside

Just Desert

That road again - Peruvian desert

Snakes & Ladders to 4800m

That Road Again - A Beauty with a Beastial climb

No, wait... it's all about the pants...

For Mum

It's all about the bike!