A few MP-themed pictures, just to illustrate our previous posts. I promise to post a proper selection once I get back home, to more free time and a computer with both more hard drive space and processing power.
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| Our first sighting of Macchu Picchu. Emily is amazed. |
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| Classic view part 1; MP in the mist. |
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| The gatekeeper's hut, which they've rethatched, ostensibly authentically. |
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| MP from below. |
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| Terraces, though these were probably used for retaining walls more than for agriculture. |
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| ENORMOUS SQUIRREL THAT IS NOT A RABBIT. |
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| Llamas/alpacas (I can never tell the difference) chilling out on the terraces. |
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| From the sungate. |
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| At the sungate. Note my handy water-bottle carrier. |
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| From the sungate, classic view part 2, after the mist had lifted. |
WHAT WHAT WHAT ALL OF THIS IS AWESOME.
ReplyDeleteClaire, you saw a viscacha!! That is basically a really ugly chinchilla.
ReplyDeleteWere the llamas part of their own tour group or were they strategically placed for maximum authenticity?
ReplyDeleteRe: the llamas, I think it's the latter but the former is not out of the question.
ReplyDeleteRe: Kate: THANK YOU. That was a pretty giant mystery in my life. But you're my resident chinchilla expert and this I trust you. Yours aren't that big, right??!