At Machu Pichu |
Something hidden...go and find it.
Go and look behind the Ranges--
Something lost behind the Ranges...
Lost and waiting for you. Go!
The Explorer, Rudyard Kipling
I just couldn't quite fathom being this close to a place that has long been on my bucket list and not experience it. The opportunity finally arrived when I joined up with Bridgett & Dave Cammack from Fairbanks, AK. We met in Spanish class! Dave is a retired doctor who actually delivered my 24-year-old roommate, Carly! Wonders never cease! They were fabulous traveling companions!
The beautiful town square in Cuzco |
Pisac terracing
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Aguas Calientes |
Stairs to Machu Pichu |
Hiram Bingham was a Yale University history lecturer who happened to be passing through Cusco in 1909 when he learned of a 400-year old unsolved mystery. When the Spanish conquistadors had invaded in the 16th century, a group of Incas withdrew to a hidden city high in Peru's impenetrable cloud forest, carrying with them the sacred treasures of their empire. This city and its inhabitants had vanished so long ago that as far as most serious scholars were concerned, legends of its existence were about as credible as tales of Atlantis...he stumbled across Machu Picchu in 1911. (from Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams)
We spent hours wandering, speculating, lost in awe and wonder. "...stonework, temples, terraces that cling to the slope like baby monkeys." |
Captivating tree of life in the center of it all! |
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