UuumhhMachu Picchu

So, we finally made it to THE Machu Picchu, the Inca ruines that were never discovered by the Spanish conquerors and thus not destroyed by them. Not only the ruins but simply its amazing setting take your breath away, almost on top of the mountain Machu Picchu (mountain of all), with each hillside dropping straight down into the valley at a degree that makes you want to hold onto the wall when looking down.

Now, it is known that it is a spiritual place, every single stone, temple, wall has been placed in a way that each corner faces north, south, east and west, or often to the sun as it rises on the 21st June, or to pray to the Gods of thunder, lighting or the sun.

You obviously FEEL the spirituality of the place, almost hear it, so much that when you come round the Sun Temple, there are about 100 tourists sitting with crossed legs, bare feet, hummmming away while praying to...well who? Everything was eerily quiet on that platform until we realized that the GURU herself was present, bottle blond, vegetarian and clearly very HAPPY as she was sharing her thoughts on POSITIVE ENNNERRRGY with her followers through some sophisticated earphones. Stuart only made one comment: Upps, I wonder if they can feel my negative vibes...' When they suddenly started singing some Inca songs, we quickly disappeared. Cool to see the place, but we didn't really want to experience the energy of the bloodthirsty Incas or their Gods face to face...
PS: We saw the spirituralists again at the train station and they didn´t seem too full of positive energy when they were told they couldn´t board their train. We didn´t laugh-HONEST!