Travelogues | Peru

Travelogues | Peru

Duane's Photographs of Machu Picchu
A photographic guide to the Machu Picchu. Presented by Duane Birkey, photographer for radio station HCJB, The Voice of the Andes in Quito Ecuador.

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Machu Picchu
A fortress city of the ancient Incas, in a high saddle between two peaks NW of Cuzco, Peru. The extraordinary pre-Columbian ruin, 5 sq. Miles of terraced stonework link by 3,000 steps; it was virtually intact when discovered by Hiram Bibghan in 1911.

Peru, May 2000
Pictures from a two week trip between the elections. Visits to Puerto Maldonado, Lago Sandoval, Cusco, Urcos, Huilloc, and Machu Pichu.