When you look up at the ruins atop Huayna Picchu from the main
Machu Picchu site (refer to the sunrise shots in the previous gallery),
you can hardly believe a human being could make it up there. In fact,
the trail, though vertiginously steep, is not too terrifying -- but
the hike left me limping like an invalid for a couple of days.
VI.
View over Machu Picchu from Huayna Picchu (2)
VII.
View over Machu Picchu from Intipunku, "the gate of the sun"
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