First Memorable Glimpse....

Finally, 50km's at altitude over 3.5 days and the first glimpse of The Lost City through the clouds from Inti Punku - The Gateway to the Sun. Best viewed LARGE I think!Lying idle and minding its' own business for thousands of years, Hiram Bingham re-discovered it in 1911 amid lots of hoo-haa-ing about, of course the locals knew it had been here all along and anyway he thought it was actually some other place he was looking for!! Long before he had found it, Incan architects, priests and astronomers had carefully planned the construction of the whole complex.whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm