Jogging through the Incan Ruins of Sacsayhuamán outside Cuzco, Peru

Mark Golan, 47, a Cisco Systems vice president from San Jose, Calif. “I was on a two-week trip with my eldest daughter, Shelby. I told my children that when each of them got to be 16, I’d go somewhere in the world with them. She’s a pretty hard-core distance runner and would go run every day. That day, she chose to run way the heck up the road, probably 10 miles, while I chose to run around the ruins. I remember running through there and stopping to look at the workmanship. It was early morning, and there were plenty of places the light would be coming through doorways or striking at interesting angles that made some amazing patterns. As a parent, it’s fun — this kid is fully capable, more capable than me, to do physical stuff. That run particularly is an example where I think it enhanced our trip — getting your exercise but doing it in a special place and at a time of day that’s really pretty and calm.”