Chinchillas chillin

I had a wonderful time traipsing around the ruins of Machu Picchu; exploring tiny corners, stooping to avoid hitting my head on low hanging doorways, and marveling at the ability of humans to build a city on top of a mountain without modern machinery. As I was winding my way up and down and back and forth through the ruins I noticed a small tourist group looking up and snapping away.

Of course I walked over and looked up to see what they saw. At that point in time, there was a single chinchilla sunning itself on top of an entryway. I thought that was pretty cool, snapped a photo of my own and carried on. I passed by the same spot again and the solo chinchilla had been joined by two others; calmly checking out all the tourists snaking through the maze of corridors from their higher vantage point. I kept thinking that they'd dart back into their cosy nook at any second, but I must have stood there for at least five minutes, and they barely moved a muscle.