Some of the trail conditions... you don't want to slip or miss a step around this corner!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Manchu Picchu (Waynapicchu ascent)
We opted for the side trip which was a climb to the top of the pinnacle mountain next to Manchu Picchu which was called Waynapicchu. It was a fairly difficult and at times, a treacherous ascent but we all completed the journey... at an astonishing pace I might add!
Manchu Picchu (morning tour)
A top the important area known as the sundial. This was a key building constructed to inform the people of the changing seasons through the use of the sundial that was pointed strategically and arranged in a manner to depict the equinoxes when the sun rose between mountains off in the distance.
Manchu Picchu (morning tour)
And an example of how the split stone... they would use the natural cracks in the rocks and wedge wood into the cracks, then soaked the wood. The wood would expand and force the crack open until it broke apart.
Manchu Picchu (morning tour)
Here's the working quarry; evidence they were not completed when they left.
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