Day 5: Ollantaytambo

It becomes easy to accept that the Inca must have believed that their gods lived on the tops of the mountains.

On the road to Urubamba.

In the ceramic studio of Pablo Seminario, Urubamba.

Pablo Seminario's llamas.

Ollantaytambo.

Ollantaytambo.

The Inca ruins at Ollantaytambo.

The Inca ruins at Ollantyatambo.

Yes, we climbed this. Near the top, it no longer satisfies the definition of "stair."

Inca terraces at Ollantaytambo.

Ollantaytambo.

Professor Krantz at Ollantaytambo.

Dave > Inca

John at Ollantaytambo.

John and Mike at Ollantaytambo.

Professor Krantz at Ollantaytambo.

It's easy to see from the summit why the Inca chose this spot to defend their valley.

Temple of the Sun, Ollantaytambo.

Temple ruins, Ollantaytambo.

Inca stonemasonry, Ollantaytambo.

Professor Krantz in the Temple Arch.

Stone wall at the base of the Temple of the Sun.

The small protrusions on the stones are said to cast shadows at each other at various times during the solstices and equinoxes. This is, in effect, a great stone clock.

Stone archway, Temple of the Sun, Ollantaytambo.

Professor Krantz at Ollantaytambo.

Stone wall, Ollantaytambo.

Students sip coca tea and await the train from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu with great excitement.

Professor Hochstim... not so much.

Day 4: Pisac

The hilltop Inca fortress of Pisac.

Inca stone wall, Pisac.


Carol at Pisac.


Inca stone wall, Pisac.


Kevin, apparently succumbing to a burst of intense gravity, at Pisac.


Dave at Pisac.


Inca stone arch, Pisac.


John at Pisac.


Mike at Pisac.


Professor Krantz at Pisac.


Pisac fortifications and crop terraces.


John and Ida at Pisac.


Inca stone wall, Pisac.


Professor Krantz at Pisac.

Professors Krantz and Hochstim at Pisac.

The Inca ruins at Pisac.


Zach at Pisac.


Ida at Pisac.

The Inca ruins at Pisac.

Professor Krantz relaxing at Pisac.

Market Square, Pisac.

Market Square, Pisac.

Waiting for the bus in Pisac.