The picturesque mountain vista of Pikiwasi (Quechua: “House of the Flea”) is shown under radiant sunshine in the remote Peruvian Andes. The site is part of the ruins of Choquequirao, a mysterious Inca city that was built along a trail connecting the empire’s mountainous population centers to the Amazon jungle. Click to read my travel guide “How to Take a Self-Guided Tour of Choquequirao,” click to view my high-resolution photo gallery, or click to read my feature article “Choquequirao: The Last Stand of the Inca” for the story of how the Neo-Inca state of Vilcabamba resisted Spanish colonialism in the 16th century.
