Sunrise in Machu Picchu
It is advisable to take the first bus up to Machu Picchu and be there before sunrise.
At this time there is already surprisingly much light and the place is truly magical.
October 30, 2004
Random post from the past:
Egypt: an evening in Aswan.
I rented a Braun slide scanner that is able to scan up to 100 slides in one go. This could be the perfect solution for me - I have thousands of unscanned slides. Unfortunately, although this is a very good idea, the scanner itself still leaves a lot to be desired. Colours are fairly neutral, but very often, it will not correctly detect the format of a picture and try to scan a "portrait" as a "landscape" or vice versa.. It's also quite fond of simply cutting of parts of dark pictures. A nightmare for night photographers. Having said that, I was ...