Machu Picchu

I’ve been so lucky over my life with all the travel and wonderful destinations I’ve been able to experience.  Today’s post is from our past trip to Machu Picchu in Peru.  This historic site is just…… WOW!!  By the way, we have some great trips planned for 2018.  Some long weekends and some longer trips….  Fun!!

Have a great day.

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Machu Picchu Pano

Tonight’s photo post if from Machu Picchu again.  I’ve been working my way through our Peru trip.  I’ve been processing lots of photos from this trip.  And I have to say, the photos remind me of what a great trip it really was.  I know my dad enjoyed it as well.  Anyway, here is Machu Picchu again.

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Machu Picchu

Here is another great photo from our trip to Peru.  This isn’t the typical view of Machu Picchu.  That’s probably what I like best about it.  It’s different.  MJ and I explored every angle and aspect of the wonderful “must see” location.  

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Machu Picchu's Neighbors

Sorry I’ve been absent from the blog lately.  The reason…..I was traveling to Michigan for some shipwreck scuba diving with some friends. 

Anyway, tonight I have a picture from Machu Picchu.  The entire abandoned city is surrounded by these amazing mountain peaks.  In a weird way, the mountain peaks are neighbors to this Inca mountain top city.

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Machu Picchu's Back Yard

I realize this picture is basically of nothing, but I like it.  This is the backside of Machu Picchu looking down the mountain behind the back city wall.  You can see numerous Inca terraces cascading down the mountain.   Other that the terraces, its just a long long drop to the valley floor below.

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Machu Picchu

First, let me start by apologizing.  I know I’ve been absent for the last 10 days.  MJ and I have been traveling across Peru with my dad.  As you can probably imagine, the Internet access is limited in the Andes Mountains.   

During our time in the country, we traveled to Lima, Cuzco, Puno, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo, Aguags Calientes, Machu Picchu, Juliaca, the floating islands of Uros, Lake Titicaca…..along with a number of other villages, historical sites, cool locations.

We had 6 flights, 2 boat rides, 2 train trips, taxi rides, tuk tuks, numerous bus rides, and I walked over 80 miles.  It was a heck of a trip.  Anyway, the highlight of any trip to Peru (and a must see) is Machu Picchu. 

It was built by Incas around 1450, but was abandoned a century later at the time of the Spanish Conquest.  It remained hidden from that time until Hiram Bingham brought international attention to it in 1911.  It is one of the new Seven Wonders of the World and like I already said, it is a must see.  No picture, including mine, will ever do it justice. 

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