1000places > AQUA CALIENTES, PERU - In the town square stands an impressive bronze statue of the great Inca Pachacuti.  Pachacuti was the ruler who transformed the Incas from a small tribal conclave in Cusco to a nation that rivaled the empires of Ceasar and Alexander.  He was likely the builder of Machu Picchu.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - Our last group dinner was held in a restaurant just off the square of the Plaza de Armas.  From our table we could observe this wall.  We learned that it was not only an original Inca wall but that it had once been a wall in the palace of the great Pachacuti himself, the man who built the Inca empire.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - Pachacuti's wall seemed the perfect backdrop to take a final group photo.
1000places > AQUA CALIENTES, PERU - On our way to board the bus for the trip up the mountain to Machu Picchu, we passed the statue of the Inca Pachacuti now in full daylight.
AQUA CALIENTES, PERU - In the town square stands an impressive bronze statue of the great Inca Pachacuti. Pachacuti was the ruler who transformed the Incas from a small tribal conclave in Cusco to a nation that rivaled the empires of Ceasar and Alexander. He was likely the builder of Machu Picchu.
1000places > AQUA CALIENTES, PERU - In the town square stands an impressive bronze statue of the great Inca Pachacuti.  Pachacuti was the ruler who transformed the Incas from a small tribal conclave in Cusco to a nation that rivaled the empires of Ceasar and Alexander.  He was likely the builder of Machu Picchu.
AQUA CALIENTES, PERU - In the town square stands an impressive bronze statue of the great Inca Pachacuti. Pachacuti was the ruler who transformed the Incas from a small tribal conclave in Cusco to a nation that rivaled the empires of Ceasar and Alexander. He was likely the builder of Machu Picchu.
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