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Machu Picchu
Celebrity Cruises is now offering
elite, exotic travel experiences on every major cruise itinerary. South
America will include: The Lost City of the Incas in Machu Picchu;
archeological explorations of the Copan Ruins in Honduras, and a tour of the
isolated Easter Island.
Our clients,
Ron and Beth Cullum, along with their daughter Wendy and son-in-law Sean, were fortunate to experience
the extension tour to Machu Picchu. They visited the ancient capital of the
Incas, Cuzco, often referred to as the oldest continuously inhabited city in
the Western Hemisphere. Cuzco is a myriad of colors, smells and atmosphere.
Machu Picchu was a stunning archeological find and the only major Inca site
that escaped 400 years of looting and destruction. Never found by the
Spanish Conquistadores, Machu Picchu was rediscovered by American explorer
Hiram Bingham in 1911. The Cullum family also visited
Urubamba Valley, the Sacred Valley
of the Incas; and Machu Picchu. We are grateful to them for sharing
their extraordinary images with us.
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Hotel Monasterio Cuzco |
Beth
hails a taxi in Cuzco |
The
town of Cuzco |
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Guard House |
Ron
at the Inca ruins in the ancient capital of Cuzco |
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Vistadome Train |
Machu Picchu Aquaduct |
Compass |
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Machu Picchu at dawn |
Machu Picchu Entrance the Cullum's room at the Machu Picchu Pueblo
Hotel |
Machu Picchu Entrance |
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Machu Picchu homes |
Main
Entrance |
Main
Plaza |
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Beth, Wendy & Sean at the Main Temple |
Residential Side |
Machu Picchu Sacred Stone |
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Machu Picchu Stairs |
Wendy visits with a Llama |
Machu Picchu |
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Urubamba River |
Machu Picchu terraces |
Sun
Dial |
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