LLamas running wild along the road.

If too close, they will spit on me.

"Nice Llama!?"

Another Inca town. Only the souviener vendor are around now.

These Inca terraces are over ten feet tall and twenty feet deep. All are spring fed.

Here is the Inca aquaduct. One of many. this particular one is over 6 stories tall.

See the perfect stone work.

The water run is surprisingly small. Measuring less that 80 square inches.

When fields were cleared, the stones were stacked.

Stone walls twenty feet high run for miles, with wall on both sides of the routes through the hugh farms.

Contrast the Inca work with the current. The Spanish should be embarrased at destroying, root and branch, such a civilization.

Why go to the trouble of building in stone when one can make mud bricks. The only thing is that after a 1000 years, the Inca builds are still standing, while the mud ones and stone ones of the Spanish fall with every earthquake.

Locals carry the Holy Mother around town with music.

Every year this banner goes in the tree.

These are the corn stalks saved after husking. They have many uses.

And here is the corn-drying in the sun for later consumption. Making corn flower is a staple. I´ve been handed tamales which are totally corn mash. The locals farmers can get three crops annually. Often the corn is dried on the roofs.

The next corn crop. The wall on the right of the photo is part of a mud/dirt block construction. When new they can be plastered and look very good. some are two stories.

Tipon was an agricultural station of the Incas. They would grow seed crops there and do experiments. These sites are situated below natural springs. The stones are fitted together so well they are watertight. Even today, the stonework cannot be duplicated.

Imagine fitting these stones together with no metal harder than bronze, no machines, no magic from outer space.

Hundereds of thousands of stone blocks. There is more stone work in Peru than in Egypt. One location has 5 times the stone of the great pyramids.

Inca agricultural terraces built more than 500 years ago and still working. These bulkheads are ten feet high.

Traffic in this little town of Tipon, once a major center for the Incas around here.

Entering the town. All dirt streets, of course. It must be difficult during the rainy season.

Just plain "folks" after the bus ride to Tipon.

Busriders.

Cute kids on the mini-bus.

The mini-buses are privately owned and take the place of metro transit. Our 15 kilometer ride cost fifty cents.

Every neighborhood has a band and is parade crazy!

Andes just north of Cuzco. I´m not going there! The name "Andes" is taken from an Aztec word describing the area to the east (Amazon).

One of the mysterious "alters" at Machu Piccu built by the Incas. 9 of every 10 corpses found by archeologist is female. Another mystery.

note the narrowest of the trail going up and the impressive mountains behind. "Waynapicchu" is a special mountain behind Machupiccu. It is about another 500 meters straight up and only 500 visitors are allowed the climb daily.

Here are five stone steps built into the terrace near the top. It is really scary to use them. The fall would be nearly 800 meters! I went around.

Going by train to Macchu Picu.

Making friends at the Hot Springs.

Agua Cliente prior to climbing.

No explanation is necessary.

I wouldn't buy her souvieners, but the photo of mom and baby are enough for me.

Nicole is from Switzerland. We met in Lima. We are pals.

I think it is called la cerbeza del cuerdo, here in the public market.

Fresh chickens, too.

View from the hostel patio where we laugh and exchange stories and tell jokes during the day.

Hostel pals from Germany and Argentina.

This school band played for two hours.

Engineer students from the university.

Soldiers with fixed baynets. Notice the goose step. Even the civilians marched this way with great dignity.

Civil police on the march.