Peru - The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca and Cusco

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Finally posting photos and information on the rest of the trip in 2007.

Will add to the information and fill in trips since then soon!

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Photos

Overlooking Machu Pichu
Well worth the trek to get here.

San Francisco in Lima
Looks so nice on the outside, but next we visited the creepy catacombs of this place.

Skulls of ancestors
Peruvians will often keep the skulls of their dead ancestors in a small shrine in their home. They believe their spirits protect the home.

Trekking in the Andes.
Jared, Brendan and I at a 4,600 meter pass during our trek in the Andes Mountains.

Hot Springs

Typical Ican Era Stone House
Many of these homes have been used continuously since the time of the Incan Empire.

Local Peruvian Family.
We met people in all of the villages we passed through during our trek in the Andes Mountains. They still live in the Incan stone homes and farm the same 1,000 year old terraces on the mountains.

A young Peruvian boy.
Notice the permanent chapped cheeks on this kid. Comes with living at such a high altitude.

An older Peruvian woman.
This woman lived alone in a 4x4 foot stone hut overlooking this valley.

Peruvian Man
Typical weather worn face.

Peruvian Girl
The women always wear the traditional skirts...even when it´s freezing outside.

Jared shopping for textiles.
Local women would come out of their stone houses to show off their weaving skills and sell pieces to passing trekkers. There were some really great finds in the remote Andean villages.

Woman spinning yarn.
Peruvian women are constantly spinning Alpaca or Lama wool into yarn for weaving.

Woman making and selling weavings in a plaza
Take a look at all those different patterns she knows by memory. Most are the same as you see in museums, passed down for generations.

Woman weaving textiles.
This is the backstrap method.

Close-up of weaving techniques.
This is the backstrap method.

Guinea Pig Household
In a traditional Peruvian home, they have Guinea pigs running around loose. Pets that will eventually be dinner. Yum!

Pet or Food?
You decide.

Jared and Brendan overlooking the valley below Machu Pichu