The route of the bus to the Inca Town
The Incas called it Patallacta ("High City")
Now it's known as Machu Picchu ("Old Mountain" in Quechua)
In the background: Huayna Picchu ("Young Mountain")
Forget about acrophobia
Depths and heights and loneliness
Could this be heaven?
We should have been warned by these clouds
Could this be heaven?
We should have been warned by these clouds
Inca architecture
Inca wall and the Crux (Southern Cross)
Our competent guide
The Sacred City in the clouds
Another amazing view
Collecting energy for the escape
Revenge of the Incas - tourists being washed away
The official year of the discovery of Machu Picchu by Hiram Bingham is 1911, but the oldest map of the Inca town is from 1873, drawn by Hermann Göhring, printed in 1877. This map shows the Quechua name "Patallacta", which means "High City".
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