Was so excited for Machu Picchu and it didn’t disappoint. The weather had cleared up and we had a lovely sunny day. Michael and me had a private tour guide, as we were going up we saw our group coming down from finishing their inka trek.
It was amazing to see one of the new wonders of the world!! Got some great photos and videos due to the fab tour guide we had.
During the invasion of the Spanish the inkas didn’t want them to find Machu Picchu so burnt the pathways and threw them off the scent.
Hiram Bingham expeditions in the early 1900s, he found Machu Picchu covered by a lot of the forest vegetation. This archaeological site is 75% orginal, on the tour we were shown photos from 1912 and 2004 and they did an amazing job with the restoration.
They think about 1000 people lived at Machu Picchu but would have been higher society. The terraces would have been for farming and they had the water supply from the river.
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