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Machu Picchu Misty Mountain

Machu Picchu was the last hiding place of the Incas. On July the 23rd of 1911 a group were again deep in the Andes looking for Vilcabamba. They relied on crypt...
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Machu Picchu was the last hiding place of the Incas. On July the 23rd of 1911 a group were again deep in the Andes looking for Vilcabamba. They relied on cryptic indications in an old document about the last free Inca Manco Capac II who escaped from the Spanish after the defeated revolt in Cusco.
Machu Picchu is situated between steep mountains with summits above 5.500m and the always-wild Vilcanota River. The only way to get there was over a narrow footpath constructed by the Incas, the Inca Trail or the Camino del Inca. Today thousands of tourists come by train to visit the Sacred City. The visitors get of the train in Aquas Calientes and take a bus to the ruins. The city of Machu Picchu is located at 2.400m above sea level and a 100km from Cusco.
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