My brother and I have just returned from two weeks together trekking in Peru and visiting the exceptionally beautiful World Heritage site of Machu Pichu. We travelled by bus from Lima to Cusco (22 hrs) and then walked for 60km along the Salkantay trail, reaching an altitude of 4600m. I made copious notes while on the trip but I wanted to make my photographs the focus of this blog post. I hope you enjoy them, if you have any questions or would like to share your own travel tales from Peru then please feel free to add a comment. I must say that I loved the country and found the people very welcoming, the food surprisingly good and the views sublime.
Cusco at 05.30, viewed from the roof of our Hotel.
The Spanish built Cathedral in the centre of Cusco.
Children mark the festival of Virgin del rosario in Cusco
Me at 4600m, the highest point of our trek
An offering of stones and Coca leaves to the Inca gods
Machu Pichu is down there somewhere
Classic view of Machu Pichu
The Parkinson brothers
Machu Pichu
The craftsmanship at Machu Pichu is outstanding