C. Koford 184 Journal July 26, 1952 To Cuzco, Dpto. Cuzco, Peru. Yesterday prepared grebes. Looped skirts + soaked 3-5 hrs in white gasoline, then worked in hot soap & water, rinsed/dried in sawdust. #? with eggs inside. Today took 9:15 a.m. train for Cuzco with family. Arrived 6:30 p.m. Upper Urubamba valley much drier than on our previous (May) visit. July 28, 1952 To Machu Picchu, Dpto. Cuzco Yesterday visited Pisac, 33 km. from Cuzco. Over Cuzco region dry appearing + rocky, much erosion, steep salt-irrigated hillrides. A series of well-mode terraces above town of Pisac. Eucalyptus common near Cuzco. Today took 9 a.m. train for Machu Picchu. This is delayed-started slow, 3 hours late. Obiinto in dry temperate zone. No road Obiinto to Puentede los Rielis, 25 km. below town of Machu Picchu. Town of M.P. in humid sub-tropical zone. Road to ruins of M.P. from railroad 1 km. below town of M.P. (km. 113) to hotel at ruins. We phoned hotel & got truck to take us up. July 29, 1952. Machu Picchu, Dpto. Cuzco, Peru. We looked at ruins. This area has lushy + often thorny vegetation. Wrens + Zantichias seen, & various other birds songs heard. Bromeliads common on near-vertical cliffs & in trees along Urubamba River. Formation of physiography like Limbosis canyon below Oreque but more rocky + precipitous; much granite here. In afternoon I walked down to ruins & 2 km. down railroad track to the finca of Miguel Maldonado. Thick sub-tropical forest in parts + cleared areas + crops (tea, yuca,