On a High in Deepest Peru ; One of the 'New' Seven Wonders, Machu Picchu Is the Highlight of an Exhilarating Peruvian Adventure
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SOFT rain falls on the misty mountains around us. We are up in the clouds, peering through the grey swirls of weather. The air is thin, our breathing laboured, our cagoules rustling.
Suddenly, and as if on cue, the soggy skies part to reveal a staggering vista lit by golden sunlight. Straight ahead is Machu Picchu, the mystical lost city of the Incas perched on impossibly steep terraces in the Andes Mountains of Peru.See the full content of this document
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On a High in Deepest Peru ; One of the 'New' Seven Wonders, Machu Picchu Is the Highlight of an Exhilarating Peruvian Adventure
Last week this site was named one of the new seven wonders of the world as voted for by millions on the website new7wonders.
com.For anyone who has stood in awe confronted by this vision, the news comes as no surprise.And to my wife and I, standing nearly 6,000ft above the Urubamba River, wonder is definitely the word.Across a yawning abyss is the city where gold 'the sweat of the sun' was once an everyday commodity. Furniture, ornaments, figurines a...See the full content of this document
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