MACHU PICCHU

BY JOHN MASTALIR jmastalir@yahoo.com

NEXT TO MY MARRIAGE TO JANET..... 29 AUGUST 2010 THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE

JANET SAID 90% OF THE PEOPLE THAT SHE TOLD THAT SHE WAS GOING, DID NOT KNOW WHERE OR WHAT IT WAS !

LAS VEGAS TO SAN FRANCISCO...SAN FRANCISCO TO LIMA PERU...LIMA PERU TO CUSCO PERU

CUSCO PERU... BUS TRIP THRU THE SACRED VALLEY TO A 3 HOUR TRAIN TRIP TO THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN...30 MINUTE SWITCHBACK ROAD TO MACHU PICCHU...MORE CLIMBING ON FOOT...FINALLY AFTER MY QUEST OF 30 YEARS...

THERE IT IS MACHU PICCHU...32 HOURS AND 12,000 MILES FROM LAS VEGAS

WIKIPEDIA SAYS " THE ANCIENT CITADEL OF MACHU PICCHU " DISCOVERED BY HIRAM BINGHAM ON 24 JULY 1911...SIMILAR TO THE WAY HE RESTORED IT AFTER ITS CONSTRUCTION BY THE INCAS IN THE EARLY 15TH CENTURY.

JUST WOW...JANET SAID..."BETTER THAN THE PYRAMIDS, THE GREAT WALL, NEW ZELAND, THE GRAND CANYON AND THE LAS VEGAS STRIP"...WHAT MAKES THIS SO UNIQUE IS ITS REMOTENESS, ITS ENDUDRING CONSTRUCTION AT ELEVATION AND ITS ENGINEERING. IF EVER THERE WAS SOMETHING TO SEE RATHER THAN WRITE ABOUT THIS WOULD BE IT. THE DELICATE HAND CARVING AND MOBILIZATION OF 5 TON PIECES OF GRANITE PIECED AND ENGINEERED TOGETHER IN PERFECT ALIGNMENT AT 8500 FEET... TRULY ATOP THE WONDERS OF THIS WORLD.

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