Looking Down On Machu Picchu

Joe Blogs - Machu Picchu

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March 24th 2012
Picchu ees “mountain” yes ? Machu ees “old” yes ? Machu Picchu ees “old mountain”. Huayna ees “young” yes ? Huayna Picchu ees “young mountain”. Unnerstan? Good. We’ve just got back from two days in Aguas Calientes (or Machu Picchu town as it is now called), a little village at the bottom of Machu Picchu. Up at 5:00am, we didn’t do the Inca Trail (cos we’re old foge ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more