Cusco and Machu Picchu

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin

a collection of photos i took in peru set to music by a local band i saw perform there. i’m not happy that i’m doing the “photos set to music” thing, but i’m still learning the software i’m using. i’ll forgive myself this once.

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Machu Picchu: Travel Peru-Travel Video PostCard

Posted on July 3rd, 2010 by admin

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Machu Picchu is high in the Andes Mountains of Peru, and Peru is one of South America’s most magnificent and authentic countries. Machu Picchu was once a royal palace built by an Incan ruler. Machu Picchu sits like a mysterious city eight thousand feet above the sea. Peru’s most famous site, Machu Picchu, is more than Peru’s. Machu Picchu is one of the wonders of the world with its two hundred buildings and cloud covered beauty. About twelve hundred people lived in Machu Picchu, and Peru has done an exceptional job of preserving Machu Picchu. Professional Inca architects built Machu Picchu with granite blocks and bronze tools. The Inca architects at Machu Picchu were so advanced that the thinnest of knife blades can’t be forced between the stones. Travelers to Peru, to Machu Picchu climb the steep Inca trail to Machu Picchu. But there is a tourist bus from the town of Aguas Calientes. If you climb Machu Picchu in Peru by foot, don’t forget to stretch when you reach the bottom, Your legs will thank you the next morning. Arrive at Machu Picchu before dawn and don’t be disappointed by the fog. The ruins and surrounding peaks reveal themselves as the fog lifts, and steal your breath away. Peru’s Machu Picchu was discovered in 1911. Machu Picchu is an authentic travel experience

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Peru Trip Part 1 – US to Lima to Cuzco

Posted on June 24th, 2010 by admin

Part 1 – Flight, Lima Historic Center, Miraflores, Nightlife, to Cuzco

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Cusco and Machu Picchu

Posted on May 21st, 2010 by admin

In the south of Peru you can visit the ancient Inca capital Cusco and the best and most famous of the Inca ruins: Machu Picchu

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Tourism Peru

Posted on April 15th, 2010 by admin

One place that has it all.

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MACHU PICCHU – CUZCO – PERÚ – NUEVA MARAVILLA DEL MUNDO -

Posted on April 12th, 2010 by admin

Machu Picchu (del quechua machu, viejo, y picchu cima, es decir, “cima vieja”) es el nombre contemporáneo de las ruinas de una antigua llacta (poblado) inca de piedra (cuyo nombre original habría sido Picchu o Picho [1]) construido a mediados del siglo XV en el promontorio rocoso que une las montañas Machu Picchu y Huayna Picchu en la Provincia de Urubamba, en la Región Cusco, en Perú.

Documentos coloniales [2] sugieren que Machu Picchu habría sido una especie de palacio privado de Pachacutec o Inca Yupanqui (primer emperador inca, 1438-1470). Sin embargo algunas de sus mejores construcciones y el evidente carácter ceremonial de la principal vía de acceso a la ciudad testimonian que ésta fue usada como un santuario religioso [3]. Ambos usos (palacio y santuario) no habrían sido incompatibles. Las investigaciones de las últimas décadas, en cambio, han descartado el supuesto carácter militar de Machu Picchu (por lo que los populares calificativos de “fortaleza” o “ciudadela” han sido superados) [4]

Machu Picchu es considerada al mismo tiempo una obra maestra de la arquitectura y la ingeniería [5]. Está en la lista del Patrimonio de la Humanidad desde 1983. Sus peculiares características arquitectónicas y paisajísticas y el velo de misterio que ha tejido a su alrededor buena parte de la literatura publicada sobre el sitio, lo han convertido en uno de los destinos turísticos más populares del mundo [6] y el principal de Perú, donde es un ícono nacional.

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The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru

Posted on March 29th, 2010 by admin

October 2006 – Machu Picchu – The Lost City of the Incas. A day by day account of our 4 day Classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru.

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