Sacsayhuaman, outside Cuzco
Up the the Gate of the Sun
Mysterious Ollantaytambo Structures
View of the Sacred Valley
At the top of Sacsayhuaman near Cuzco in May 1998, we sat and meditated in what I'll call the "star circle," believed to have been an astronomical observatory, or a water reservoir. Who knows for sure? This is the view from this "energy spot" honored by visitors and locals alike.
The thatched roof has been reconstructed on the hut for the "Guardian of the Arriba" at Machu Picchu.
Jack and daughter Lesli made it from the main square to the Gate of the Sun, where the Inca Trail enters Machu Picchu. Note the hairpin road the buses take to the ruins site from the village of Agua Calientes.
Structures across from the main ruins at Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley have mystified visitors for ages. Some say they were storehouses, others say guardhouses. Others say they had a mystical purpose.
Large natural outcroppings are believed to have special powers, such as this "Pachamama stone" on the way to the Gate of the Sun from the main part of Machu Picchu.
Traveling from Cuzco to Pisac, one gets this magnificent view of the Sacred Valley.
