Machu Picchu

April 7, 2018

I’ve been so lucky over my life with all the travel and wonderful destinations I’ve been able to experience. Today’s post is from our past trip to Machu Picchu in Peru. This historic site is just…… WOW!! By the way, we have some great trips planned for 2018. Some long weekends and some longer trips…. Fun!!

Have a great day.

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Machu Picchu's Neighbors

September 15, 2015

Sorry I’ve been absent from the blog lately. The reason…..I was traveling to Michigan for some shipwreck scuba diving with some friends.

Anyway, tonight I have a picture from Machu Picchu. The entire abandoned city is surrounded by these amazing mountain peaks. In a weird way, the mountain peaks are neighbors to this Inca mountain top city.

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Me in 3D

July 12, 2015

Peru was full of extremely cool locations, people, events, geography, and experiences. One of them was my chance meeting of Antonio Mocciola. At one point, we pulled off the side of the road to stop at this scenic overlook. Per normal, I was taking a ton of photos while we were standing there. Right before we left, Anotonio showed up with this travel group. Antonio is from Milan Italy and loves photography as well. He wanted to take my picture with this cool dual camera setup that he uses to take 3D photos (see a photo of him and the dual camera setup below). Of course I agreed….. He had me stand next to my camera setup with the Andes Mountains behind me. You can also see Michael’s tripod next to me on the right. Anyway, I thought it was cool and I am sharing it here with you. So get your 3D glasses out and take a look below.

Since returning from Peru, Antonio and I have communicated a few times. And of course he sent me the photo. If you want to check out more of Antonio’s work, please visit his website. (www.laborart.it)

Kris: Note the Cubs hat I wore in your honor. It didn’t come home from South America.

Andes Mountains

July 7, 2015

Here is a photo from our Peru trip in May. I took this as we traveled from Cusco to Puno. The Andes Mountains in South America are beautiful.

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Cuzco - Puno Border

June 3, 2015

Crossing from the Cuzco province (basically the same thing as a state) to the Puno province means passing this spot in the Andes Mountains. This was the highest elevation we experienced in Peru at a little over 14,100 feet. I can tell you that it was a little hard to breath. Not terrible, but you could feel it.

Anyway, we stopped at this spot for a few minutes to look at the roadside vendors and take in the view of this amazing mountain range. My picture doesn’t do justice to this beautiful spot. Sorry I can’t give you a picture to match the real world experience of standing there. Regardless, I hope you enjoy it.

Note: Don't forget to look at the video below to see how beautiful this site was via a different media format.

Sorry about the wind noise on the video.

Machu Picchu

May 25, 2015

First, let me start by apologizing. I know I’ve been absent for the last 10 days. MJ and I have been traveling across Peru with my dad. As you can probably imagine, the Internet access is limited in the Andes Mountains.

During our time in the country, we traveled to Lima, Cuzco, Puno, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo, Aguags Calientes, Machu Picchu, Juliaca, the floating islands of Uros, Lake Titicaca…..along with a number of other villages, historical sites, cool locations.

We had 6 flights, 2 boat rides, 2 train trips, taxi rides, tuk tuks, numerous bus rides, and I walked over 80 miles. It was a heck of a trip. Anyway, the highlight of any trip to Peru (and a must see) is Machu Picchu.

It was built by Incas around 1450, but was abandoned a century later at the time of the Spanish Conquest. It remained hidden from that time until Hiram Bingham brought international attention to it in 1911. It is one of the new Seven Wonders of the World and like I already said, it is a must see. No picture, including mine, will ever do it justice.