Jun 9, 2004 - Inca Trail - Day 4 - Macchu Picchu

Day 4 saw us rise at 4:00 a.Day 4 saw us rise at 4:00 a....

Apr 12, 2004 - Off to Cusco and Machu Picchu. More of Lima and the Pan Am Ski Tournament

My time in Lima was absolutely amazing! The water ski tournament was fantastic, but the fun I had with all the great people I met, was what made the trip.My time in Lima was absolutely amazing! The water ski tournament was fantastic, but the fun I had with all the great people I met, was what made the trip....

Dec 11, 2003 - Sacred Valley: The Inca Trail (day 4)

The final day.The final day....

Aug 23, 2003 - Cusco, Peru - The Navel of the World (text)

31 JUL -- 15 AUG Cusco Takes Your Breath Away Literally . We came to this city for the same reason everyone visits Cusco - to explore the Inka ruins of the Sacred Valley, to walk the Camino Inka (Inka Trail) and most of all, to see Machu Picchu, the one Inka city that no Conquistador ever fouled. ... All this we did.31 JUL -- 15 AUG Cusco Takes Your Breath Away Literally . We came to this city for the same reason everyone visits Cusco - to explore the Inka ruins of the Sacred Valley, to walk the Camino Inka (Inka Trail) and most of all, to see Machu Picchu, the one Inka city that no Conquistador ever fouled. ... All this we did....

Aug 5, 2003 - The End of Machu Picchu

com T h e E n d o f M a c h u P i c c h u The "wow" factor of the world's greatest archeological treasures puts Machu Picchu at or near the top, along with Petra in Jordan, Luxor in Egypt, Ankgor Wat in Cambodia, the Terracotta Warriors near Xi'an, China, and Bagan in Myanmar, among others. ... But when it comes to that most important of factors—location, setting, and surroundings, Machu Picchu is number one, likely tied with Petra which is strewn along miles of red-rock canyons frequented by those early capitalists, the Nabatean spice traders. ... Machu Picchu nestles between two pointy peaks at almost 8000 feet, the best known, yet least understood, of the great Incan ruins. ... No one has yet figured out exactly who lived there or why, or the reason for Machu Picchu's abandonment before the Spanish conquest in the early 1500s, yet since its "discovery" by Yale professor Hiram Bingham in 1911 (two Andean families were living there on that fateful July day), fanciful theories have abounded and been abandoned, from Machu Picchu being a city of women— virgins, naturally—to an agricultural experiment. ... A hundred years later, by 2011, Machu Picchu may be no more. ...

Jul 10, 2003 - These Incas will be the ruin of us

Day 4 - The Final Furlong We had to be up at 4am in order to start the final two-hour walk to Machu Picchu. ... The idea is that you get to the Sun Gate (the entrance that looks down over the city) in time to see the sun rising over Machu Picchu. ... The Sun Gate was predictably unspectacular in the fog, but the rain had stopped so we all sat down to wait for the mystical city of Machu Picchu to appear through the haze. ... We joined them for our guided tour and either our guide or all the guide books were wrong about a number of important aspects of the history of Machu Picchu. ...

Apr 28, 2003 - Day 1 of the Inca Trail

Aguas Calientes, Peru, 01MAY03, 3:25pm Hello!!! Today was day 1 of the Inca Trail.Aguas Calientes, Peru, 01MAY03, 3:25pm Hello!!! Today was day 1 of the Inca Trail....