Machu Picchu

South America
January 2nd 2010

Published: January 2nd 2010

Machu Picchu was more impressive than I'd imagined. A new theory is that it was a actually a type of university, home to about 2,000 people, mostly young boys and priests. At that time over 500,000 people were living in Cusco. The reason that Machu Picchu didn't suffer the same fate as Saqsayhuaman and most of the other evidence of Incan culture is that is was hidden from the Spanish (it's above t... Read Full Entry

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2nd January 2010

yan
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panda bear says hi
the first thing i thought when i read this post was, "you owe me a new acorn. squeak squeak squeak, squeak, squeaker." happy new year!

3rd January 2010

Mom
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Woohoo!
Yay photos and yay safe arrival after overnight bus ride!!!

4th January 2010

Cody
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"Ooooooh, Machu Pichu!" (I can't remember for the life of me what that quote is from, but I've loved it since I heard it)

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