I almost got my fill of ruins during our time in Peru. Almost. Ancient stomping grounds are fascinating to me.
One common theme I’ve discovered in visiting ruins is how little, really, is known about the Incas and probably other ancient civs as well. Tour guides typically have compelling stories though, even if parts of them are historical fiction.
I put together a quick** slideshow with one photo from every set of ruins we’ve visited. Machu Picchu is in there three times because we visited three times! It’s definitely the best of them all. My next favorite would probably be Chan Chan and the ruins in Northern Peru, just because they are so different from everything else I’ve seen.
** I spent the last two days trying to find a good, free, slideshow software to put this together with little luck. The software and online services are out there (Slideroll.com, for example) but I couldn’t get any of them to work nicely on my computer either because of internet slowness or Windows 7 crappiness. I went with the boring, but quick and easy, Flickr service instead… Sadly, I could not include music! I have some good traditional Peruvian music to share.
