"Chronicle of a very long journey!!!!"

Or

"Our wonderful vacation to Machu Picchu!!"

Lima

Lima

An Ande from the plane!!! 

Brian in Cusco

Near the start of the trail…. Have stick and cigs….. ready to go!!!!

It’s all ahead of us now!!!

The start…. NEAR the river.

The first ruins we see…. Terraced farming area (the river is on the right).

Just keep walking……

WOW!!!!

We were down there and we haven’t even gotten to the hard part yet (little did we know!!!).

NOW we’re at the hard part!!!!!

VICTORY!!!!

Almost 14,000 feet….  We made it!!  (for today… another 10 hours tomorrow!!)

Today, we came down the mountain, then back up and NOW we have two more hours to get down to camp!!!

What happened to the river???

What a day!!!

Home Sweet Home!!!

Heads in the Clouds!!

We’ve come a long way, baby!!!

Feeling Groovey!!!

Sights along the way….

The #1 Crew with the Birthday Boy!!!

The moment we’ve all been waiting for…. Our first glimpse of Machu Picchu!!!!

We’re getting CLOSER!!!!!

We’ve made it….. now if we just had the energy to look around!!!!!

Giving Thanks to the Giant Guinea Pig!!!

                                        Che Rose                                                         Che Brian                                                       CheElkin

Matt thought they were tears of joy…. Brian knew better!!!!

Four cold people trying to look like Che standing in an Inca Doorway!!!

Thanks guys…. Time to say “SO LONG….”