On sunday we took the train out of Cusco (picture 1) down into the "Sacred Valley" to check out the ancient city of Machu Picchu. It was absolutely incredible. Mind blowing. The way this civilization shaped and stacked rocks, with no mortar or cement and using only simple machines, is hard to imagine. They had a system of fresh water fountains, irregation, and sundials.
The city is much bigger than it looks from the pictures. It is about 1/2 of a mile long and 1/4 mile wide, and shaped to look like a Condor from above.
I am back in Chicama now and a big south swell is filling in! Going to shoot a lot of surfing the last two days of the trip.
Check out the band "Radical Face".
Paz!
