Karen sent her pictures from Peru. This one made me laugh, its the first attempt at a group photo at the Gate of the Sun - the camera's timer must've gone off before we were ready. Everyone's expression is caught at just the right place, a good snapshot of time. The second one is how it turned out in the end.

I'm adding the following commentary from Sarah to these photos:

First, the before shot. Everyone is standing around getting prepared. Karen is setting up the camera, so you can't see her. Gavin's on the very edge of the frame at the right. Jen, who had been sick all week, is thinking "ugh, I still don't feel great, but at least I'm at Machu Picchu." Becca, Cari, Emily and Sarah are all paying extremely close attention to whatever Pauld is saying because he is incredibly cute and funny and has an accent and we all totally want him. And Nancy is thinking "Pauld isn't really too young for me, is he?"

And here's the after shot. We are all publicly thinking "hooray, we're at the sun gate above Machu Picchu" and Sarah is privately thinking "Pauld is so cute!" Meanwhile Pauld is thinking "I could so totally have any of these girls. Except the married one. Her husband's looking a little protective. Nah, I am very cute and Peruvian, I can probably woo her too." Except he's thinking that in Spanish. :)