Friday, October 23, 2015

But wait, there's more!

I have lately realized that I just skipped over a lot of my last several days in Peru, so this conglomeration will remedy much of that oversight.

This is what the steps are like at Mach Picchu and the other sites. Notice how irregular they are both the surface and the height of each step.

This shows the height of the terraces and the sheer steepness of the site. Are you able to make out the tiny people on the lower left? Also partway up near the center. After all it's built into the side of a mountain. I'll include one you've seen before to notice the steep road to Machu Picchu:

Now to another day where we visited the countryside where we saw men mixing the Adobe for bricks:

Also bricks made by a man who lamented the labor he'd put into a huge batch of bricks that turned out poorly; see how they're cracking as they dry?

This batch did turn out well:
The rocks are for the foundation of his house.

We also saw--several times--men plowing a field with oxen:


Here is the countryside in that part of the country:


This is Flora
We visited her classroom. She enjoyed the iPhone and immediately reached up to touch the button to snap a picture!

They sang and danced for us

We reciprocated with 'The Hokey Pokey!'


Not everyone wants to be photographed. I struggle with it; one can't always be discreet. The hats the women wear were inspired when the English were planning for the railroads--fun, don't you think?

Our guide siad that the women who wear white hats 'wear the pants' in their families!

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