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  Day 11: with sore legs, we descended to the bridge. We had booked mules to take us to the top — I don’t think I could have made the 1500 metre ascent after the previous 3 of hiking. Then, the long taxi-ride back to Cusco.

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  Day 12: we started at plaza Tupac Amaru, where I had a meaty, rooty stew for breakfast, then we took a bus out to Tipon with its square terraces and running irrigation system. In the evening; a final round of souvenir shopping at the Saturday craft markets.

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  On the winter solstice I fixed a pinhole camera to the shed, and I took it down on the summer solstice. The photographic paper recorded the path of the sun over six months.

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  @philsplace I love the idea of movie mode. We tend to watch double-half episodes anyway, to this would be great.

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  Ah, it wasn't film, it was photographic paper. Larger size, and slower speed than film.

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  Day 1 in Washington DC: toured the Library of Congress and the Capitol, then walked down the Mall to see the Washington monument and the memorials for Lincoln, FDR and Jefferson. Lots of steps: feet sore.

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  Day 2 in DC: I spent the morning in the Postal Museum and the afternoon in the Air and Space museum, then I cycled to Georgetown for dinner and watched the sun set while cycling back down the Mall.

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  We took a short trip to Istanbul. It’s my second time in the city, and the architecture and history still astonished me. We all had a great time.