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These are some of the neatest features at Machu Picchu. Below are a couple of the first doorways we encountered during our exploration of the site. The one on the left is looking toward Waynapicchu, and on the right you're looking back up toward the Guardhouse.

Machu Picchu doorway
Looking back toward the Guardhouse

On the left below is a view through a window in one of the Waynapicchu structures, that Henry visited during his climb up that peak. Notice you can see some of the switchback road taken by the buses that run between Aguas Calientes and Machu Picchu.

View thru Waynapicchu window

Here are two pictures of views through what is called the "Temple of Three Windows," for obvious reasons. This structure is on relatively high ground in what our guidebook calls the "Sacred Sector." The windows look out over the main central plaza, to the buildings on the other side, and the mountains beyond, to the east.

Temple of 3 Windows View thru one of the 3 windows

More impressive Inka stone work is on display in these pictures, taken in what our guidebook calls the "Eastern Urban Sector." On the left you can see that photogenic Guardhouse again, at the top of a series of agricultural terraces.

Look up at the Guardhouse Multiple windows

Two more window views. These were taken as we made our way along the western side of the site, approaching where Henry would leave us for his climb of Waynapicchu. On the left, you can see Waynapicchu through this window over Kathy's shoulder. You might just be able to pick out the structures near the top.

Kathy thru a window
View thru a window

And we end with these three handsome pictures, including one of Kathy's few shots, on the left. It was taken near the Temple of the Sun, which has a curved wall just like the one at Coricancha in Cusco. The other two pictures here were taken as we got toward the end of our marvelous day at Machu Picchu, where we sadly, but inevitably, left many walls, rooms, doors and windows unexplored.

Layers of stone work Mountain view thru a window Niches in a wall

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