Hidden within the Sacred Valley is an ancient abandoned city, lost in cloud. We are at the Sun Gate, and it is just dawn. Wisps of fog cover the mountain peak of Wayna Picchu and the city’s ramparts are hidden. There is magic in the silence of the mountain, muffled by the mist.

Clouds in the Sacred Valley

This post brought to you by A-Word-A-Week Challenge from A Word in Your Ear. Every week, Skinnywench will dip into her old Oxford English dictionary, and pick a random word to blog about – either a picture or a story that best captures the meaning of that word. This week’s word: “Cloud.”