This is a quick video from Ollantaytambo, specifically where Charlie climbs up to examine the saw marks...
http://youtu.be/sWTgqUIP5DY

Here's a quick video from our climb up Huayna Picchu with some views of Machu Picchu down below...
http://youtu.be/dYCSPXWL_MQ

This is a quick little YouTube video of our visit to the 12-sided stone in the streets of Cusco!

http://youtu.be/h91kh0Mz1J8

We are back from our amazing trip.  Our power and Wi-fi access were far from ideal the last 1.5 weeks of the trip, especially while on Rapa Nui ("Easter Island").  As such, we have about 1/2 a terabyte of video and photos to work our way through.  Once we've processed and edited, we will begin loading the footage...stay tuned!

Chadd is striking a mean pose while sitting in an "observation chair" 

Here, Chuck is sitting in the same chair trying to get an idea of how large a person would have sat here...

Here are some even bigger "observation chairs'.  These supposedly were used by the King & Queen (or equivalent). 

Here are the giants we came to see at Ollantaytambo.  We'll leave it at that for now...

 Chuck and Chadd standing in a corner of the 1st floor of the giant Sacsayhuaman "compound".  Absolutely amazing to see the size of the blocks and precision of the joining as well as the sheer volume of stones here...

Sacsayhuaman from a distance

Chuck and Chadd in front of Sacsayhuaman

Chuck and Chadd at the top of Huayna Picchu, looking down on Machu Picchu, at about 9am on Thursday.  Wow, what a view and we can definitely check one off the Bucket-List!

Ok, this was just plain awesome!  After checking in to our hotel in Cusco, and 

relaxing for a minute, we got a 2nd wind (literally and figuratively since many people were struggling and using the oxygen tank downstairs in the lobby of the hotel) and decided to go out and walk back to the alleyway with the GINORMOUS megalithic polygonal rocks that are perfectly shaped and fitted and beyond comprehension in size.  We've been watching shows and reading about these stones for so long that it was a complete surprise to find ourselves in the alleyway, at night, in front of these stones and with NOBODY else around...they were simply amazing.  Here's Chuck with his new alpaca hat and new favorite drink, Inka Cola.  It basically has the same properties of Coca Cola but it smells and tastes like Bazooka-Joe bubble gum.  

Here's Mr. Chadd, showing off his spiffy red Alpaca hat and Inka Cola too!  Check out these granite monoliths.  Oh yeah, we forgot to mention that these are granite stones!  The rocks are fitted with perfect symmetry, using no mortar and yet they have no gaps between them.  There are complicated angles and cuts, along with additional little "kinks" that are built-in to interlock the blocks even further and prevent movement during an earthquake.  Unbelievable architecture and engineering!