En tren a Machu Picchu

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• En tren a Machu Picchu

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• Machu Picchu
• After a breathtaking Peru Rail train ride you
  will find yourself exiting your train into the
  small town of Aguas Calientes. Then as you take a
  short motor coach ride up the side of a mountain,
  your vision makes contact with Machu Picchu Peru.
  
• Machu Picchu Peru was discovered by Hiram Bingham
  in 1906, since this discovery it has been one of
  the most sought after travel destinations in the
  world! Machu Picchu has between 1,000 to 1500
  people visiting each day.
• Many women skeletons were found in the ruins of
  Machu Picchu, suggesting to some that if was a
  common place for the Incan women to be or use as
  a refuge. This destination is a true example of
  professional architecture and engineering.

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• Practical Information for Machu Picchu
• Machu Picchu is Peru's main tourist destination
  and it is magnificent. It is never a
  disappontment. It is definitely one of the
  world's great sights. As it will be the climax of
  your journey around Peru, careful planning is
  important in order to make the most of your
  visit, since Machu Picchu is very busy especially
  in peak tourist season (July August).
• Here are three important tips walk if you can,
  overnight if you can, and stay in the only hotel
  by the ruins if you can afford it. Oh! And if you
  don't walk, and you can afford it, take the new
  Hiram Bingham Luxury Train service.

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• To get to Machu Picchu, your starting point is
  the City of Cuzco. There are flights to Cuzco
  from Lima and other cities in Peru. Once in Cuzco
  there are different options you can either drive
  for a couple of hours and trek the Inca Trail
  (5d/4n), take the train part of the way and trek
  the One-day Inca Trail (5 hour walk) or take the
  train all the way (4 hours).
• You may also want to consider spending a few
  nights in the Urubamba Valley (also called Sacred
  Valley), the staggeringly beautiful Valley that
  lies north of Cuzco on the way to Machu Picchu.
  For more details on what to do and see in the
  Urubamba Valley, please click here. From the
  Urubamba Valley, specifically in Ollantaytambo,
  you can take the train to Machu Picchu or start
  your drive to the start-off point of the Inca
  Trail as mentioned above. Click here for a
  detailed map of the area.

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• Once embarked on your journey, you will go from
  the Andes to the high Amazon Basin on the narrow
  gauge railway that is an attraction in itself
  from an open country of rolling, grassy fields
  studded with rocky outcrops and steep valleys
  rich in corn and potatoes, to a matted tight fur
  of dense, low jungle. The climate becomes
  tropical, with heavy rains, electrical storms,
  and clammy mists shrouding the steep green
  hillsides..
• You will be approaching Machu Picchuthe lost
  city of the Incas, whose purpose and origins
  remain an enigma. The Spaniards never saw it or
  seem to have heard of it. Apart from the
  exquisiteness of the buildings' stonework, what
  is remarkable about Machu Picchu is the perfect
  way the city is laid out to blend with its
  surroundings spectacular mountains covered in
  luxurious vegetation

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• Cloud wisps over terraces A wisp of cloud
  envelopes one of the peaks off the west end of
  Machu Picchu. This picture was probably taken
  from the quarry

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• Machu Picchu full view The mountain peak in
  this photo is called Wayna/Huayna Picchu (Old
  Peak). In the foreground you can see the Royal
  Sector with the curved Temple of the Sun
  approximately 2/3 the way from the left and just
  a little bit from the bottom.

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• Mystery peak There is a prominent peak very
  easily seen from almost anywhere on Machu Picchu.
  It's also observable for most of the busride up
  the switchbacks to the site entrance. You can
  barely make out a Peruvian Flag at the top of it.

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• Urubamba river and mountain You can just make
  out the Urubamba River snaking its way around
  that main peak in the bottom right of this shot.
  Notice also the lone tree at the left.

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EL CANAL DE PANAMÁ
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• El Canal de Panamá
• From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• A canal tug, making its way down to the Caribbean
  end of the canal, waits to be joined by a ship in
  the uppermost chamber of the Gatun Locks.
• The Panama Canal is a major shipping canal which
  cuts through the isthmus of Panama in Central
  America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific
  Oceans. The construction of the canal was one of
  the largest and most difficult engineering
  projects ever undertaken it has had an enormous
  impact on shipping, because it removes the need
  for ships to travel the long and treacherous
  route via the Drake Passage and Cape Horn at the
  southernmost tip of South America. A ship sailing
  from New York to San Francisco via the canal
  travels 9,500 kilometres (6,000 mi), well under
  half the distance of the previous
  22,500 kilometre (14,000 mi) route around Cape
  Horn.1
• Although the concept of a canal in Panama dates
  back to the early 1500s, the first attempt to
  construct a canal began in 1880, under French
  leadership. This attempt collapsed, and the work
  was finally completed by the United States the
  canal opened in 1914. The building of the
  77 kilometre (48 mi) canal was plagued by
  problems, including disease (particularly malaria
  and yellow fever) and massive landslides. As many
  as 27,500 workers are estimated to have died
  during construction of the canal.
• Since opening, the canal has been enormously
  successful and continues to be a key factor in
  world shipping. Each year the canal accommodates
  the passage of over 14,000 ships, carrying over
  203 million tonnes of cargo. By 2002, about
  800,000 ships had passed through the canal.2

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FINAL