Machu Picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at ...

the day turned beautiful; in the distance, snow-capped peaks glinted in the sun. To my surprise, I later found that it didn't matter whether the weather was perfect or Machu Picchu was shrouded in ...