1 of the 7 Wonders


Today we finally got what we came to Peru for--deathly ill! Oh, no, that was a couple of days ago. Today we went to Macchu Pichu (meaning "Old Mountain" in Incan. It was built over many centuries around 700 years ago, but only discovered about 100 years ago by a professor from Yale (who, appropriately, pilfered everything he found, took it back to Yale, resulting in a beautiful lawsuit between Yale and Peru a few years ago). It was really awe-inspiring, although the pics don't give you a sense of the scope of the village.
We hiked all around the ruins, saw their incredible engineering, running water, plumbing, Direct TV hookups (installation was delayed, of course, because the Incan cable man was late). We then thought it would be fun to walk straight up for 3 miles.
Most regrettably, shortly after this picture was taken Stephanie was crushed when the mountain she was holding up collapsed.
We finally made it back to civilization (theirs, not ours) and bid this incredible site adieu
eagerly anticipating missing our next flight.

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