Blogs from Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru, South America - page 3

GÜN 18 19 ŞUBAT PAZARTESİ: Bugün sevgili eşimin sayesinde, yaşamımın en güzel günlerinden birini yaşadım. Ona tüm kalbimle teşekkür ediyorum.. Efendim, MachuPicchu benim yüz yıllık rüyam ve eşimle yaptığım muhtelif görüşmelerde, burayı görmeden gözlerimi kapamak istemediğimi kendisi ile defalarca paylaştım. Aslan eşim, bacaklarındaki sıkıntı nedeniyle bu seyahate katılamayacağını açıkça ifade etti. Öte yandan, beni mutlaka bu seyahati gerçekleştirmem konusunda yüreklendirince ,onun hoşgörüsüne sığınarak bu seyahate çıktım.. Bu sabah,heyecan içinde, dün gece hiç uyumadan saat 4:00 te kalktım. Giyindim kuşandım ve bir taksi bularak Otobüsümün kalkacağı Wanchaq istasyonuna eriştim.. Gideceklere yardımcı olmak babında yazıyorum. Normal olarak, bu istasyondan MachuPicchu’ya kadar tren seferleri mevcut .. ... read more

Ik kan de weg naar Machu Picchu op veel manieren beschrijven, maar met mijn universitair diploma op zak, kan ik er toch niet omheen om ook eens een academische invalshoek te kiezen. Dit keer dus geen lyrische-filosofische beschrijvingen van de omgeving, maar keiharde feiten over Lake Titicaca, Rainbow Mountain en de vijfdaagse Salkantay-trek naar Machu Picchu. Zo objectief mogelijk, natuurlijk. FEIT 1: Het is allemaal verschrikkelijk hoog Machu Picchu ligt op zo'n 2400m hoogte. Lake Titicaca (het is meer een zee dan een meer ligt op zo'n 3800m hoogte. Het hoogste punt van de Salkantay-trek ligt op zo'n 4600m hoogte en de top van Rainbow Mountain is zo'n 5200 hoogte. Dat is dus behoorlijk hoog. Niet alleen is het op zie hoogte behoorlijk koud (-5°C op onze kampeerplek op 4200m op dag 1 van de Salkantay-trek), ... read more

THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES Machu Picchu and the Return to Cuzco On my second day in Aguas Calientes I packed and had breakfast in my hotel, then stored my suitcase behind the hotel desk. I purchased a bus ticket and found myself joining a large loosely knit group of tourists as they streamed through the entry way to the ancient city of Machu Picchu. Without really thinking about it I turned left onto the trail to the Sun Gate. A bit of luck, really, because this is exactly what I had wanted to do the day before. It was very hot, and I was very slow, but I made my way up, up, up to the original entryway to the city. Between gasps I took my first video with voice. It wasn’t half bad. Along the way ... read more

Well I must say it is a site to behold . My first reaction was surprise at how large it is . The photos we see are of the central portion but there is way more than that . I would say twice as much . . What we usually see are the terraces where they grew their food . Looking at the main area to the left are the living quarters of the Incas . They really were a priviledged class . They did not do the work . They did the planning and the administrative work . The common people far outnumbered the Inca and in other parts of the Andes had assisted the Spanish in conquering the Inca .They lived above the Temple of the Condor where the construction is inferior . The ... read more

We arrived in the city of Puno late in the evening exiting the bus and lugging two bags up another hill to our hotel, we will only be here for one long day and are keen to make the most of it so we booked a car and driver and after a short delay due to a really loud festival we drove up the hillside and out of town. After about half an hour we took the turn off to Sillustani encountering some lovely little mud walled farmsteads generally made up of four or five buildings one of which had a guanaco, llama and an alpaca out the front. A little further down the road we came upon a wetlands that had flamingo and Andean geese feeding amongst wading cattle while the brooding stone Chullpas (funerary ... read more