ahhh.....
MACHU PICCHU!!!
There is something so enchanting about this place. I think everyone can tell why I say that... HOW can you not think this is amazing?!?
Anyway, I actually have a pretty extensive list of 'places I'd want to visit', so I just chose a random one in the top 5. :)
Hopefully, you all have heard of Machu Picchu, but if not, it is an Inca site located in Peru that is just exquisite.
Here's a little history on it that I quickly pulled up from Wikipedia (hey, I still like Wiki I don't care what anyone says!)
Machu Picchu was built around 1450, at the height of the Inca Empire.[3] It was abandoned just over 100 years later, in 1572, as a belated result of the Spanish Conquest.[3][4] It is likely that most of its inhabitants died from smallpox introduced by travelers before the Spanish conquistadores arrived in the area.[citation needed] The latter had notes of a place called Piccho, although there is no record of the Spanish having visited the remote city. The types of sacred rocks defaced by the conquistadors in other locations are untouched at Machu Picchu.[4]
Hiram Bingham theorized that the complex was the traditional birthplace of the Incan "Virgins of the Suns".[5] More recent research by scholars such as John Rowe and Richard Burger, has convinced most archaeologists that Machu Picchu was an estate of the Inca emperor Pachacuti.[4] In addition, Johan Reinhard presented evidence that the site was selected because of its position relative to sacred landscape features such as its mountains, which are purported to be in alignment with key astronomical events important to the Incas.
I think this would be a lovely place to backpack around with friends, family, or with a significant other - I'm good with either and all, and hopefully I will someday!
That is a slice of heaven that picture, isn't it? I can't get over it... It must be so much more incredible in person.
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