machu picchu flooding 2011

A regional weather phenomenon called the Bolivian Winter or Altiplano Winter has left an unusually high amount of precipitation in the Andes region. Tourists have been stranded at Machu Pichu due to floods and mudslides.


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Trip Begins February 23, 2011


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Floods leave hundreds stranded

The circular Temple of the Sun, for example, was built in such a way that on the morning of the summer solstice, sunlight floods in through a window and illuminates a sacred rock. Historians believe that Machu Picchu was built around A.D....
Machu Picchu: Mountain Fortress of the Ancient Incas « Travel ...

After the inevitable flooding delay we finally boarded the train to get to Machu Picchu. The fog and rain were so thick you could barely see the end of the cabin, but with high hopes the slow ascent to the ruins began. The rain...
machu picchu flooding 2011