day 3 - trekers hotel
There are many bathroom with tap water, but I didn't find any toilet bowl.
The water channel to bring water to the city (or whatever it is).
Some mystical power in Sayac Marca made DJ- and CT- thought they were condors...
My tent was like a refrigerator, I found ice on the zipper door. I was as fresh as a frozen vegetable when I woke up.
The Incas made the tunnel from solid rock.
This fungi only grow in places where there's no pollution.
The Salcantay was very very high, some Argentina hikers died there some times ago.
The first sight of Machu Picchu, our destination.
Phuyu Pata Marca was also discovered by Bingham. The baths were thought to be for water worship. But I was doubtful about that idea. But the position of it is not quite suitable for irrigation either.
Better view for the Machu Picchu mountain. If you take the old path, it's longer but you can actually sea the Machu Picchu city.
Intipata means Sunny Slope. Obviously it's an agriculture station, probably for Machu Picchu. It's can also be a warning station for Machu Picchu.
Below we can see the trekker's hotel. A hotel out of the middle of nowhere. It kind of ruined the view. But it's not a real hotel, there isn't any room, you must camp there.
Winya Wayna means forever young in Quechua which is also the name of a pink orchid. It looks similar to Intipata, so it might be one of those yin and yang thing of the Incas (for Incas everything has it's counter part, e.g. the river below the valley match the milky way from the heaven.)
Double door means the room is very important.
Our porters and cooks.