More of Machu Piccu

I got a picture of Alora amidst the ruins!! She is so cute!!

The most amazing part of these ruins are the stones that mesh so perfectly with one another they look like a master architect designed them. They had fountains that ran the whole length of the ruins--holes drillled in rocks an channels carved out to guide the water into pools. There is no mortar, they had no signifigant tools to work with, no written language, and yet there buildings have lasted for hundreds of years, in spite of earthquakes that have toppled even the most sturdy cathedrals. After huffing and puffing (because of the lack of oxygen) over the hundreds of stairs at this site, I can't even begin to imagine how the Incas ever managed to complete places like this one!

Our tour guide, Garland Dennett told us that they flew over this site at one point when he was working for the US Government looking for possible drug growning operations. On the opposite mountain they could see with infrared photography that there are terraced imprints on the side of the mountain. They are pretty sure that there are ruins just like Machu Piccu on this opposite site. No money for excavation at this point, but who knows? That might be the very spot where they kept the Inca treasure that has never been found!.......