Machu Picchu

6:00 AM, June 1, 2007, Machu Picchu

6:10 AM

Just before sunrise, 6:30 AM


At the top of Wayna Picchu, young mountain in Quechua, 8:00 AM. The ruins are below. This is a real photo, I swear.


Templo de la Luna, a cave that yes, is full of Inca ruins.


It was a long way up, a long way down, and we had much much more up to go...

When we were at Muchu Picchu there was a campaign going on in support of naming Machu Picchu one of the new "Wonders of the World." I didn't sign because it seems to me that more important than its status is protecting the site from the environmental and human impacts that hit it hard. There is talk of reconstructing the roofs of the buildings. If anyone has any info on what the impacts of this would be, lemme know.