Temple of the Sun Machu Picchu

I wonder what it would be like to spend my Christmas Day at Machu Picchu? And how different it would be to my normal Christmas at home with the family? Well, here it is... ;-) Family Shankers (FS) Inca Style (IS) 0500 (FS) Not an hour I would normally see on Christmas Day... (IS) Woken up by my alarm after a very restless night where it sounded …

When we first started planning this world trip, hiking the inca trail to Macchu Picchu was top of the bucket list. We embarked on a three night, four day hike/camping trip across the mountains to see the sacred inca city of Macchu Picchu, and this is what happened...

Day One
We were woken early by the guy in the hostel whizzing up some …

Vom 25.-28.5.2012 sind wir den Inkatrail gegangen. Angemeldet haben wir uns hierfuer schon im Dezember, da diese 4-taegige Wanderung ziemlich populaer ist und am Tag nur eine begrenzte Anzahl von Touristen in den Nationalpark hinein duerfen.
Am 1. Tag wird man vom Hostel um 5 Uhr in der Frueh abgeholt. Naja, hier in Suedamerika nehmen sie das …

Coming to Machu Picchu felt like a pilgrimage of sorts. We'd been making our way towards it for 2 days now, and this morning, we still had a 20-minute bus ride separating us from these ancient ruins.

We walked out of our hotel just after 7 am and were relieved to see the sun peeking out from behind the mountains around us. Our prayers had …

I am very exhausted so forgive me if I'm not as eloquent in my writing today.

We started our tour of The Sacred Valley in the town of Chinchero. This town is at 11,000 ft and is really beautiful. Here, we were given a textile demonstration by some local women. They showed us how they turn the alpaca fur into yarn and how they make the …

... strong enough to drag the stones if wheels were used so humans were used instead. One of the highlights of Machu Picchu is the Temple of the Sun. This is one of the finest examples of Inca stonework. The more important the building, the straighter and ...

... is the leader of the Quechua people) and Llaqtapata (an important administration town for the Quechua people). Llaqtapata had a Temple of the Sun, so was classed as an important Inca site. After an enjoyable day trekking, we arrived at our campsite ...

... We had a specialist guide for a few hours on the site, and he talked us through each of the main areas - the Cemetery, Temple of the Sun, Incan Rulers Palace, Sacrificial Altar, Hitching Post of the Sun....the list went on. Each part of the site served a ...

... to move. We also had a prime position to watch the sunrise land directly on the the sacrifice table in the Temple of the Sun! The sheer amazing talents of the Inca's to build such an incredible place is phenomenal. Literally. After cruising around ...

... south, and the District of the Priests and the Nobility. Located in the first zone are the primary archaeological treasures: the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun and the Room of the Three Windows. These were dedicated to Inti, their sun god and ...

... dozen and our guide took us all around.  He brought us to important places and explained the saignigçance of homes, the Temple of the Sun and also the Moon, and altar, the rock quarry and other places.  Every turn presented a spectacular ...

... , and the District of the Priests and the Nobility. Located in the first zone are the primary archaeological treasures: the Intihuatana (Temple of the Sun) and the Room of the Three Windows. These were dedicated to Inti, their sun god and greatest ...

... bricks, whereas the commoners lived in roughly built buildings. There are many buildings thought to have been temples, including the Temple of the Sun with 2 windows aligned so that the Sun falls on a specific point in its interior at the summer and ...

... reciprocity, to the basis of intellect to determine one's rank in society, everything about the culture astonishes me. One temple, the Temple of the Sun, has two windows in its walls. Through one of them the sun aligns during the winter solstice and the ...

... the remaining few km to reach the classic viewpoint of Machu Picchu. Our guide gave us a tour of the city ruins, including the Temple of the Sun and other key buildings. It was an amazing place but I was very tired and would love to have had the ...