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Skipjack Joe
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That cloud cover in Ken Bondy's picture is a key element to all good pictures of Machu Pichu. I kicked around there for a couple of days photographing
in direct sunlight with some success but when the clouds appear the mood totally changes and the place gets that mystical quality. If you look at
posters of the ruins you will always see them taken with those low clouds.
Regarding soroche: I had a similar experience to yours Diane. We were hiking a glacier around Huaraz, Peru at about 16000 feet when one of the
passengers went completely pale green. She just slumped on a bench and looked like she was going to die. I rushed back to the bus where the driver had
a small oxygen tank and got her breathing from it. She improved, the color came back, but didn't really recover until we descended to 13000.
The hotels in Agua Caliente were great except for the bed bugs. Nevertheless a great memory.
On Tikal: It's interesting to compare Tikal to Chichenitza. Instead of clearing all of the foliage as they did in Chichenitza they left the ruins
emerging right out of jungle. The result is night and day. Chichenitza had a manicured lawn around all of the pyramids with busloads of tourists
arriving from Cancun. Tikal was isolated and you could sit on the pyramids and watch the toucans fly from top to top. You could hear the howler
monkeys screaming through the jungle. What a place.
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Skipjack Joe
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Machu Pichu building
Here's how the ruins look up close. The Urubamba river runs through the canyon far below.
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Yeah, and just sit and listen while your guide tells you with a straight face,
"Been just like that for 2000 years, not a bit of restoration, none at all!"
Then, find an early photo of the place, like shortly after it was discovered, and judge for yourself...
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Agua Caliente
From railroad downstream of the village. Machu Pichu is up the canyon walls to the right.
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Cusco street scene
Notice aqueduct on the right. All the old towns have this sort of water supply that was originally developed by the Incas.
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Uros
The island people of uros. These people persevered by living on floating islands made of reeds on lake Titicaca.
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Railroad rest area
All of you that took that train from Cusco to Machu Pichu must have stopped here. The food vendors are now waiting for the next train to arrive.
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Sachsaywaman
My personal favorite inca ruin. Maybe I just hit it right or was in a receptive mood.
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Skipjack Joe
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Sachsaywaman again
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Skipjack Joe
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and again
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Skipjack - Wonderful photos, all of them. Thank you for sharing.
The Cusco street scene - the street, the women, and is that a child playing on the road in front of them? All in that photo seems timeless. Then
there's the print itself... brings to mind an old postcard or somewhat forgotten painting. (surely it is film?) All the textures of that image
seem... well, ancient as that wall, that road and the stream beside it. And at the same time there's a refreshing quality too, like the water
gurgling from the wall, front left. There just really is a mood to this imagine. I like it very much.
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Cool! I'm glad somebody liked something.
I actually took that shot out of a bus window and never knew how it would turn out. It's not very sharp and has other flaws but I too like that it
conveys the feel of a timeless, ancient civilization. The Indians are really hard to shoot. So I took the picture before they got too close and
covered their faces.
One note about the photos. Most were shot with Kodachrome but the Uros picture was shot with Fujichrome. That's why there are those gawdy colors. I
didn't 'fix' it with photoshop and just left it as is.
Glad you liked them Natalie. I'm sorry I didn't respond sooner. I didn't have computer access all weekend.
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I love your photos--- bring back such memories. I found it quite wierd walking on the floating island. Wonder how it would feel with kness that are
not real stable yet. 
Most of the time we photograph people from a distance unless we have permission. We have missed some wonderful shots over the years, but it just
doesn't feel OK to just stick a camera in someone's face---yet I have seen tourists do just that with no respect at all.
Thanks for the memories
Diane
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Hi Nomads, any ideas on who to get to book a book to this amazing place..Im shooting for 2014.since 2013 it will be ither Baja or Sedona.
I will thank you with alot pictures...
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
Hi Nomads, any ideas on who to get to book a book to this amazing place..Im shooting for 2014.since 2013 it will be ither Baja or Sedona.
I will thank you with alot pictures... |
We stayed at the Hotel Monasterio while we were in Cuzco. It was wonderful and they handled our train trip to and from Machu Pichu. We spent two
nights in Agua Caliente, just below Machu Pichu. What way, you can get up early in the morning and beat the bus tour groups there. We had the whole
place to ourselves (almost) in the morning.
http://www.monasteriohotel.com/web/ocus/hotel_monasterio.jsp
Spend a couple of days in Cuzco to get used to the altitude before going up to Machu Pichu.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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great shots & art bell ....LOve it !!
never been there myself.. but have wanted too..pics & nat geo help make a better pic in my mind..anyof you folks stay there for a while ,,like
months and if yes can you share about living there ..............
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
Hi Nomads, any ideas on who to get to book a book to this amazing place..Im shooting for 2014.since 2013 it will be ither Baja or Sedona.
I will thank you with alot pictures... |
I have been to Sedona. Baja is a much better destination. Nicer people, too.
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Thank you to everyone that posted, we were just planning our trip to Peru in 2014. Its really nice to get information and opinions from people that
have been to Baja.
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