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Sunday - 14 April 2024 - An early morning as Cal headed back to Machu Picchu to hike the big mountain overlooking the site - Huayna Picchu.

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When we arrived at Machu Picchu there was heavy cloud cover, so it looked dicey to make the climb.
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The clouds were thick below the edge of the site.
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You could not see but a few hundred feet.
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We had a chance to linger looking at the buildings while we waited for the weather to improve.

This is the space below the Condor rock that seems to be a temple. The bedrock was carved with stairs and a platform.
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The skill needed in carving rock to sit between two bedrocks is amazing.
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The weather was still hazy - but some nice atmosphere for black and white pictures.

The Sun Temple is on the left of the picture.
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A classic Inca door leading to a hallway.
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Beautiful stonework with the niches.
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An interesting room which includes bedrock which has been chiseled to be part of the floor and the wall.
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Looking out through a double trapezoid door into the clouds.
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Looking down to the terraces and below that clouds in the Urubamba River valley.
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Clouds all around us as we wander through the ruins waiting for the fog/clouds to burn off.
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Fog starting to burn off but still in the air.
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The Urubamba River valley shrouded in clouds.
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The fog would not burn off, so instead of climbing the high mountain of Huayna Picchu we went up the smaller Huchuy Picchu and still had a good view of Machu Picchu.
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Cal and the clouds still preventing a great view of the site.
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While waiting for the clouds to move on a millipede crossed the summit.

This seems to be an African red-legged millipede (Epibolus pulchripes) - odd that an African bug is in the Peruvian jungle.
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The sun and clouds continued to provide great pictures.
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The clouds finally lifted and you could see the entire site - still cannot see the Sun Gate on Machu Picchu mountain.
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With this view it is possible to see how the city of 750 is perched on a very narrow ridge of land.
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Cal maneuvering down the mountain.
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Sunlight through a small window.
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Temple of the Condor built around a dramatic bedrock.
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Temple of the Condor.
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The homes of the royal Inca.
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Our hotel had beautiful grounds including an orchid garden.

Some sort of seed pod as large as a coconut.
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A very tiny orchid.
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Pretty orchid in the diffused light.
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A type of orchid which grows below a host plant leaf.
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Odd spider/starfish looking plant.
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Beautiful yellow flower and seeds.
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Pink and yellow orchids.
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Small star shaped orchids.
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Virginia Ann on the ritzy Hiram Bingham train from Machu Picchu trip toward Cusco.
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Cal enjoying champagne on the Hiram Bingham train.

The food was good but the trip was not worth the money - loud and noisy - not the elegant experience we expected.
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