Ted and Elizabeth’s Trip to Peru
On April 18, 2007, Elizabeth and I flew to Lima and then over the Andes to Pucallpa, to visit our daughter, Ansley, and our nephew, John. We spent 10 very happy days there. Pucallpa is a busy town on the Ucayali river, which joins with two other rivers at Iquitos to form the Amazon. After spending five days in Pucallpa, we flew to Cuzco, elevation about 10,000 feet, located in the south central highlands. Cuzco was once the capital of the Inca empire, and the Incan infrastructure still forms the basis of its streets and walls. From Cuzco we traveled by taxi to Ollantaytambo on the Urubamba river and then by train down the Urubamba gorge to Machu Picchu. Following, in reverse order, are some pictures from our trip.
On April 18, 2007, Elizabeth and I flew to Lima and then over the Andes to Pucallpa, to visit our daughter, Ansley, and our nephew, John. We spent 10 very happy days there. Pucallpa is a busy town on the Ucayali river, which joins with two other rivers at Iquitos to form the Amazon. After spending five days in Pucallpa, we flew to Cuzco, elevation about 10,000 feet, located in the south central highlands. Cuzco was once the capital of the Inca empire, and the Incan infrastructure still forms the basis of its streets and walls. From Cuzco we traveled by taxi to Ollantaytambo on the Urubamba river and then by train down the Urubamba gorge to Machu Picchu. Following, in reverse order, are some pictures from our trip.
posted by Thrushsong at 2:19 AM
2 Comments:
Wow, your trip looks amazing! Thanks for sharing your pictures. :)
Ted--these pictures are beautiful! It looks like you guys had a fantastic trip. I'm sure that both of you were very helpful additions to the Km 38 crew. :)
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