A visit from family in Cusco

My mom and uncle came down for a week of family time and some excursions to the remains of the Incan empire.  We had a lot of fun and nobody threw up.  Great success.

Ollantaytambo

getting adventurous with chicken on a stick

there we are in all our glory (formatting fail)

there's llamas at machu picchu

there are quite a few switchbacks on the road to the ruins

late day sun on the ruins of the sacred city of the inca

waffle with the works

sibling time on the train

mom's all tuckered out

my mom is awesome

brother and sister

a visit to the ruins of pisaq

thankfully mom didn't fall off the trail

no shortage of awe inspiring earthworks here

corn.on.the.cob.

say hello to my new travel companion

shell and skeleton of some wacky prehistoric critter found buried in cusco

a young woman works on weaving while tending her animals.  paso abra cuyuni

we definitely stayed in the nicest hotel of my whole trip.

mom at the ruins of Sachsaywaman (pronounced sexy woman, approximately)

naturally, we had to go to the Russian circus.  it was rad.