Inca Trail Day 3 & 4

Unknown Orchid

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 24, 2007

2007-05-24#0306

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Cycad

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 24, 2007

2007-05-24#0311

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Orchid

Gomphichis plantaginifolia

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 24, 2007

2007-05-24#0312

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Fungi

No idea what type this is.

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 24, 2007

2007-05-24#0313

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 24, 2007

2007-05-24#0316

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Tunnel

Another natural tunnel.

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 24, 2007

2007-05-24#0318

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 24, 2007

2007-05-24#0319

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 24, 2007

2007-05-24#0323

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 24, 2007

2007-05-24#0325

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 24, 2007

2007-05-24#0326

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 24, 2007

2007-05-24#0327

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 24, 2007

2007-05-24#0329

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Campsite Night 3

This was a relatively small camping area on top of an exposed ridge.

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 24, 2007

2007-05-24#0330

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Sunrise

We woke to frost on everything, 36 F at 11,800 feet.

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0113

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Mount Salcantay

20,575 feet

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0115

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3rd Camp

11,800 foot camp that was our last camp on the trail.

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0116

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Dining Tent

We were well fed and taken care of on the trail.

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0118

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Ann

Our friend and trip organizer, getting ready to leave her tent.

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0119

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Farewell to Porters & Cooks

Odon, the lead guide, thanking our porters and cooks who will pack up and go ahead of us to prepare for their next group.

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0127

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Group, Porters & Cooks

Our group of 13 and the porters and cooks.

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0130

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View at 11,800 feet

Above the clouds.

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

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Inca Ruins

Not far downhill from our campsite.

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0139

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Inca Ruins Fountain

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0140

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Inca Ruins

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0141

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Inca Ruins

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0143

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Inca Ruins

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0144

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Inca Ruins

Phuyupatamarka, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0147

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Terraces

Extensively terraces slope barely seen through the clouds.

Yunkapata or Intipata, Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0145

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'Aya Aya'

Alonsoa acutifolia - or closely related.

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0152

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Begonia

Begonia species

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0159

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Unknown Orchid

Several spikes of this small-flowered orchid.

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0161

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Unknown Orchid

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0162

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Monnina cacumina

No common name that I can find.

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0165

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Tunnel

Another natural tunnel on the trail.

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0167

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'Zapatitos'

Calceolaria species

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0168

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Cloud Forest

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0170

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Ageratum conyzoides

No common name.

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0171

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0173

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0178

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Waxweed

Cuphea species - record photo.

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0180

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0181

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0183

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'Winay Wayna' (Orchid)

Epidendrum secundum

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0185

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0187

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0188

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Unknown Flower

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0191

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'Winay Wayna' (Orchid)

Epidendrum secundum

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0192

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Agalinis lanceolata

No common name but looks a bit like a Foxglove relative.

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0193

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'Winay Wayna' (Orchid)

Epidendrum secundum

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0195

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Fuchsia species

No common name.

Inca Trail, Sacred Valley, Peru, May 25, 2007

2007-05-25#0196

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