In depth recounting of my global wandering
Before we set out, take a look at this map that shows the route we’ll take through the site. (Although significant portions of the site have been restored, it has become such a high demand tourist attraction that the large …
In various emails and Tweets I promoted my previous posts as a teaser trailer – not very cinematic perhaps – but very much a teaser and, having read them, you might feel that I did, indeed tease you. That ends …
Finding the ruins. There are some minor differences in the story of how Bingham actually came upon the site. Some reports say that he was initially directed into the mountains toward Machu Picchu by two farmers and came upon the …
We set off early Thursday morning with a salute from the hotel alpaca and friend. Although we only needed to walk a few hundred meters from the Tunupa Lodge to the train station, we needed to arrive well before our …
As I noted in the post about Pisaq, researching the material in these posts is something of a pre and post-travel temporal stew. If I expect it’s a subject I’ll cover in depth I’ll have compiled tens of pages of …