Some travelers go to great lengths to reach once in a lifetime destinations and if you're going all that way with the camera

you owe it to yourself to bring back photos that do the place justice.

Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. Coming up, photographer Mike Torrey offers his perspective on capturing

the essence of Machu Picchu, high in the Andes.

There was just this interaction and almost a conversation there with the stones and the atmosphere.

And closer to home, travel writer Zora O'Neill shares what's unique about New Mexico,

where the landscape, architecture, history, traditions, and cuisine all paint a scene you won't find anywhere else in the USA.

Fried dough, there's nothing miraculous about it, and yet somehow in New Mexico it's transformed.

And our Turkish friend, Melis Saval, explains why modern Turkey's founder, Atta Turk, is still so revered more than 70 years after his death.

He was against using religion for fundamentalist reasons and for politics.

Come along for a fascinating hour ahead.

It's Travel with Rick Steves.

We're getting better acquainted with some amazing places today on travel with Rick Steeves.

In a bit, we'll learn the story behind one of Turkey's traditions and find out what gives New Mexico its own very special spice.

But let's start with a photographer who captured the misty soul of Machu Picchu with his camera.

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One of the most enigmatic and wondrous sites on the planet must be Machu Picchu.

We're joined now by Mike Tori who's written a book or photographed a book called Stone

offerings, Machu Picchu's Terrace of Enlightenment, talking and showing about

how this site, this incredible mountaintop site in Peru 500 years after was built still

takes people to places they've never been. Mike thanks for joining us. Thank you

Rick, great to be here. We've all seen pictures of Machu Picchu but tell us just very briefly what is it, where is it, and how do you get there?

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