Aguas Calientes by junge1
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Aguas Calientes is located in the Cusco Region of the Peruvian Andes, specifically in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, also known as the Rio Urubamba Valley. The elevation of Aguas Calientes is slightly over 2000 m (6,600-ft) and the town is reached by a narrow-gauge train from Cusco. There is no connection by air. From here, busses shuttle visitors to the entrance of the once great fortress of Machu Picchu, built in the 15th century by the Incas and abandoned nearly 100 years later with the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors.
Once at the entrance to Machu Picchu it is walking only - and nothing is flat. Machu Picchu is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In the center of the picture is the channelized Rio Aguas Calientes, a tributary to the Rio Urubamba.
This picture was taken on 27 August 2014,
Sig...
Comments (21)
wonderful scenery
Very beautiful looking capture dear Siggi!!!
Very beautiful and interesting shot!!!!!
Really great shot and so pretty around there
Fantastic view, Sig! Excellent capture and interesting info! Thanks! :)
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
A lovely photo and a very interesting place Sig.
A fascinating and wonderful shot!
awesome and unique cityscape Sig
Very cool photo great information about the area and for some reason, every time I hear or read Machu Picchu I remember the lines in Airplane 2
wonderful photo
Very beautiful capture Sig!! Machu Picchu is on my bucket list!
What a fascinating place! Great capture.
not good for me,i would use a whole bottle of Ventolin Spray/salbutamol to get halfway up there lol.
Beautiful view, outstanding capture!
Exellent shot.
Fantastic place and marvelous capture !
I love that.
Fantastic info you've supplied here Sig, most of which I never knew! Great POV as well, and great colours! Well taken Rob
And is the water warm? Anything called the River of Hot Water must arise from a hot springs, I would think. It's certainly beautiful! If this were Los Angeles, they would have just dug the thing up and put in a concrete channel and called it good.
At first look, I thought that the street had been washed away by a flood. A great shot Sig and now I know how you got up to Machu Picchu. Thanks!