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Thursday, March 15, 2018

Day 6 - Peru

This morning started early! We began with our walk to the base of the Inca Trail that would lead us up to Macchu Picchu.  There are 2,000 steps carved into the mountainside that we hiked in basically a vertical line! It went straight up!  We need a few breaks along the way, but eventually reached the top and were ready to enter into Macchu Picchu.




















We toured the beautiful, historic city that was "discovered" by American Hiram Bigham.  The city was amazing to see in person.  The views from the top of the mountain, as well as, the planning the Inca did to line up the city with the winter solstice's sun rise was innovative considering it was on the top of a mountain and they didn't have any tools! They simply used stronger rocks to shape weaker rocks and build all of the buildings! We learned that Macchu Picchu was still under construction when it was abandoned, and that the emperor that requested its construction, Pachacuti, was said to be the best and most revered emperor of empire.







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