<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b898c906-dc7c-4af4-801c-f9dbd8a20c52/C5AF34E0-51C5-429F-BB01-8345035ACEC8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm" href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sacred-destinations.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sacred-destinations.com/img/891663D2-06FF-4088-BA9D-363B48A13971" alt="Peru" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm"><H1>Machu Picchu   <A href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/274"><IMG width="17" height="17" border="0" alt="A UNESCO World Heritage Site" src="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/../images/logos/unesco.20.gif" /></A> </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sacred-destinations.com/img/869F9B73-99F7-4A65-8933-0D6734E64EA9" alt="Machu Picchu" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm"><STRONG>Machu Picchu</STRONG> (literally, "old peak" and frequently dubbed the "Lost City of the Incas"), is a ruined ancient Incan town high on a mountain ridge in <A href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/index.htm">Peru</A>. It is located at an elevation of about 6,750 feet (2,057 m) above the Urubamba Valley, and is probably the most familiar symbol of the Inca Empire.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sacred-destinations.com/img/5599225B-959C-4C64-B1FF-0425D95D6D9A" alt="View of Machu Picchu" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm">Machu Picchu has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and it is the end point of the most popular hike in South America: the <STRONG>Inca Trail</STRONG>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sacred-destinations.com/img/51630958-D6D5-4DE7-9DD9-19CFF6178D4C" alt="Machu Picchu: Llamas Amidst the Ruins" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sacred-destinations.com/img/566C772B-6C5A-4009-ADAB-CBF7DE424EAE" alt="History of Machu Picchu" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm">The story of Machu Picchu is quite a remarkable one; it is still unknown exactly as to what the site was in terms of its place in Incan life. One thing that is clear is that it was a remarkably well hidden place, and well protected. Located far up in the mountains of Peru, visitors had to travel up long valleys littered with Incan check points and watch towers.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sacred-destinations.com/img/1CC2399A-D298-4AF5-A30E-DD95A3954A3D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sacred-destinations.com/img/97B63A48-B338-43FD-B999-A1946364E852" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/machu-picchu.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sacred-destinations.com/img/BA508557-DE58-4338-8F62-26F7DD14A571" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C5AF34E0-51C5-429F-BB01-8345035ACEC8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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