Machu Picchu - Now You Don't!

Now you don't!!! Machu Picchu, Peru. The lone tree in the courtyard is right next what is the 'tail' of 'Amaru Tupac' the 'flying lizard' as it clambers out of the Vicanota River at the bottom of the 'abyss' towards the crouching Puma overlooking the site. The pyramid style terraces just beyond it depict the left hind leg. This is known as the 'Urin Sector'. Amaru Tupac is a mythical creature thought to represent the oldest being on earth. "A mythical son of the water, lord of land and air, generator of life, provider of food, mother of condors and of pumas."* (*Fernando, E Ellorietta Salazar & Edgar Ellorietta Salazar. (2003) Cusco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas Tanpu S.R.L. Cusco.)whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm