I am writing this inside Macchu Pichu. No one will really know what this awesome building complex is meant for. Many educated conjectures exist including that it is a place to school and prepare the best and brightest (and so we were told, also the most beautiful) to lead the empire to greater heights. I resonate with that notion, for greatness can sometimes be thrust on one and it's good to be prepared.
Macchu Pichu wasn't completed for the inca empire civil war and the Spanish Inquisition put an end to it... but it remains unmolested for 500 years and thus well preserved.
What's even more awesome is its setting, mid way between the Andes and the Amazon and perhaps a way for the Inca king to bridge the divide to the outer reaches of his then fractious empire. It is set on a large well formed mountain surrounded by smaller taller mountains that provide an awe inspiring backdrop esp to meditate on the highest purpose of life.
For me, its just a great place to be, together with D... and with all this contemplation about life's purpose, its so apt that I bought a third ring here to complement her engagement and wedding ones. Its been nearly 21 years since our engagement so we could say our marriage has reached adulthood :)
Speaking of the god wife, she has quite bad altitude sickness, which first manifested itself on Rupit, a small hill village on thr Pyrenees mountain range. Headache and nausea are the unwanted symptoms of this and absolutely unwelcomed on a vacation.
So she came well prepared for Cuzco and Macchu Pichu cum Waynna Pichu with obedient ingestion of pills. Still, just as we were heading out of Cuzco, to Macchu Pichu, she got hit again.
Yet, in that state, she managed to pack, to carry her fully loaded complement of necessities in her backpack and most impressively today, at the crack of dawn, she climbed up a mountain of more than 2700m! What a feat.
She really has what it takes!!!
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