Now; this is my last blog post. After several seemingly unresolcable glitches (e.g. videos not working), i have found a more modern and, so far at least, more reliable platform; i’ll be using it to record subsequent trips (the bext of which is May: S Carolina, June: Norway, July: tbd, Aug: N Spain for the Aug 12 eclipse). Flight Cusco -> Bogotá - > Houston -> San Francisco. Amazing clouds en route to Bogotá: Surprising security program on US entry in Houston: Long weekend in

Now; this is my (almost) last blog post. After several seemingly unresolcable glitches (e.g. videos not working), i have found a more modern and, so far at least, more reliable platform; i’ll be using it to record subsequent trips (the next of which is May: S Carolina, June: Norway, July: tbd, Aug: N Spain for the Aug 12 eclipse). To follow me on polarsteps, i have to invite you. Let me know if you want, i’ll do so. ======= Around Cusco, waiting for our April 1 flight home!

L & G, the day i’ve been waiting for has arrived. The train from Ollantaytambo to km 104: Hike first leg - to Chachabamba: Hike second leg - straight up, to Wiñay Wayna: Hike third leg - Intipuncu, the Sun Gate: Wirh our intrepid guide, Amilcar. Hike fourth leg, down to the Citadel & Circuit 1: Bus trip straight down to Aguas Calientes: < videos > Spent the night in a hotel in Aguas Calientes: Bus trip straight up to Machu Picchu for Circuit 3: < videos > Circuit 3: Bus back

Smaller town, Inca stronghold, starting point for treks to Machu Picchu. Spent 2 full days here: Stayed in a renovated Inca house, very cool: Hiked up to an Incan granary - perched high up the cliff to keep it cool: Took a guided tour up the other side to the Temple of the Sun and beyond (archaelogical site Ollantaytambo): Took a guided tour to the Maras salt mines: And the Moray Inca argicultural site: And textile making as well as another Incan site at Chinchero: