Archive for July, 2011

Machu Picchu Centenary Celebrations

Published July 12th, 2011

Machu Picchu Centenary Celebrations
Hiram Bingham would be pleased! He may not have discovered Machu Picchu — earlier travelers had happened upon the site, the plaza was planted in corn when he first laid eyes on it, and he was led for a first view of Machu Picchu on a hot afternoon on July 24, 1911 by Melchor Arteaga,
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Machu Picchu

Published July 12th, 2011

Machu Picchu
Kindly Contributed by Hilary Bradt, publisher of Bradt Guides. It wasn’t what I expected. The evening was misty with a touch of drizzle, I was tired, and it was the 23rd time I’d stood at this spot. But looking down on Machu Picchu from Intipunku, the Sun Gate, at the end of the Inca Trail,
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Lost City of the Incas

Published July 12th, 2011

Lost City of the Incas
A first-rate adventure story by the man who brought Machu Picchu to the attention of the world 100 years ago on July 24,1911, Lost City of the Incas is not just a gripping tale of exploration and archaeology, it also beautifully sets the scene for any visitor to the site. Hugh Thomson (A Sacred Landscape,
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Ollantaytambo

Published July 7th, 2011

Ollantaytambo
Kindly contributed by John Harrison, author of Cloud Road. “In the Sacred Valley of the River Urubamba is a small town many visitors rush past to reach the Inca Trail, the only remaining settlement with an Inca town plan, where you see small courtyards leading to tiny houses forged from a few huge stones. In
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