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Ok City Part 2

March 30, 2013  /
Ok City Part 2
Continuing our family trip in Oklahoma City we revisited the Bricktown Canal today and explored the Eastern most portion of it. Even though this short trip was geared more toward family, it was nice getting to see parts of the city and enjoy the...

Oklahoma City

March 29, 2013  /
Oklahoma City
My Fiancee, Roxy, and I flew into Oklahoma City yesterday morning to visit her relatives and today we had a chance to do some exploring in the city. The bulk of our time today was spent walking around the Bricktown Canal in the popular Bricktown...

Miraflores

June 27, 2011  /
Miraflores
We flew into Lima early this afternoon and had a few hours to kill before or midnight flight back to the states. So we secured our bags at the airport and headed to the Miraflores district of Lima. Once there we met up with a couple of Erik’s...

Road to Cuzco

June 27, 2011  /
Road to Cuzco
Finally finding our driver from a few days before, we headed back to Cuzco this cloudy morning. I took all these photos from the van and was happy that most of them came out. And in many ways it was nice to just see people going about their...

Train to Ollan

June 27, 2011  /
Train to Ollan
Leaving our hostel a little before 5:00am we soon arrived at the station to catch our 5:30 train back to Ollantaytambo. Being tired from the lack of sleep and the day before in Machu, most of us tried to get some sleep on the train. But after the...

Aguas Caliente

June 26, 2011  /
Aguas Caliente
Returning from Machu Picchu we headed back to our hostel in Aguas Caliente. Seeing that we arrived in total darkness the night before it was nice to get a glimpse of the town in daylight. The last two pictures were taken in front of the hostel we...

Last of Machu

June 26, 2011  /
Last of Machu
Before leaving the park we explored the Temple of the Sun and other adjacent areas. The masonry around the Temple was more or less perfect with clean lines and tight joints. Its amazing to think how much effort went into making this place. Near...

Machu Ruins II

June 26, 2011  /
Machu Ruins II
As we explored further up the mountain the classic view of Machu Picchu soon came apparent. As we neared the House of the Guardians we noticed a few Llamas grazing on the adjacent terraces. And as luck would have it I was able to snap a few shots...

Machu Ruins

June 26, 2011  /
Machu Ruins
Returning from the hike from Huayna we took a short rest alongside one of the terraces near the sacred plaza. After resting for 15min. we started exploring the ruins in the early afternoon sun. During the midday hours the amount of people in...

Temple of the Moon

June 26, 2011  /
Temple of the Moon
In order to get to the Temple of the Moon a guide finally told us that we needed to go back towards the summit and connect to the trail there. So after heading back to the summit we found the trail and began a steep descent down into the cloud...