By: Did Smurfs Create Machu Picchu? « Chris & Laura RTW Trip

Did Smurfs Create Machu Picchu? « Chris & Laura RTW Trip — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:30:11 +0000

[...] First off, we cheated. Many people hike the Inca Trail, a supposedly beautiful multi-day trek past several lesser known Incan sites before reaching the top. Everyone we spoke to that did it said it was amazing and worth the $350 USD it now costs. Of course if I paid that much there’s no way I would come back and say, “Well, it was ok I guess.” Instead we took the train to Aguas Calientes (or as Ludwig would say in his heavy German accent: “Machu Picchu TOOOOOOWWWWWWWNN!”) and then bused up a winding mountain. The surrounding Andes jut straight up into the sky with an unusual lack of symmetry. They bunch togther in a shockingly tall green mass with the bases being barely wider than the tops. The ruins rest along the flat top of one of these aforementioned mountains, a remote setting that makes obvious why it was never discovered by the Spanish. It’s just crazy looking. The archaeologist in me marveled at what it must have first felt like for Hiram Bingham to have been, upon hearing rumors of some lost ancient city in the sky, led by locals through dense jungle to the top of a mountain to find this place, still inhabited (though his “discovery” is still debated). [...]

By: The Forbes

The Forbes — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:21:08 +0000

That’s some good writin stewart. I’ll have your child if you’re willing.

By: Matej

Matej — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:00:41 +0000

Heh. Machu Picchu sounds dirty.

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By: Did Smurfs Create Machu Picchu? « Chris & Laura RTW Trip

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